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Cannot enter a 'credited as' attribute for an actor

Jaclyn Bernstein was credited under a different name for episode 2.7 of the 1980s Twilight Zone series.  It actually says she was credited "as a different name".  That is very odd and something I had never seen before.  If you try to correct it to the properly credited name, IMDB will not allow it and says it is an invalid attribute. 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734757/reference/

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@mbmb​ Thank you so much for this helpful link.  I could tell something wasn't quite right and actually thought that a restriction might have been placed on being able to change their name.  Even though this was apparently implemented in 2019, I had never seen it in use until today.  Very interesting.  Thanks again!

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@brett_erik_johnson​ Just for the record, the ability for people with a name page on IMDb to remove valid alternate names completely from the database solely for their own sake wasn't implemented in 2019, but in December 2022, as evidenced by the thread @mbmb provided.

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Are you using the word "credited" in the attribute? That's not the format.

I just changed the attribute to "as whatever" and the check turned it green. (I did not submit it.) So you should be able to put in the correct name instead of 'whatever'.