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Lauren Patterson (VIII)

Lauren Patterson (VIII) doesn't have any credits to her name and I keep trying to merge her with the many, many other

Lauren Pattersons on here.  Why does this name merge keep getting rejected?  What is so special about

Lauren Patterson (VIII) that she needs to kept?????

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At IMDb Pro I can see that the page has various details added through a Pro subscription. It is allowed to have such a page without credits. In most cases they would have added photos so it was clear even on regular IMDb that the page wasn't empty.

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What?????

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What does that have to do with merging a blank person?

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As Peter_pbn explained above, the page is not blank for those who have a Pro subscription. The description suggests that the page was created and claimed by a Pro subscriber.

The staff who review incoming merge requests will see that and know that the page is not blank.

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Too bad the editors won't explain that.

Also, what's on this page?

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@robin_powell_bdes4mp4ht2jw​ Hi-

Just as Peter_pbn and owenrees mentioned above, the page has various details added by the page owner herself that can be added by being an IMDbPro subscriber. 

Cheers!

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The owner herself?  Who is the owner of IMDB?

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Robin: The kinds of information that are on Lauren Patterson (VIII)'s IMDbPro page are her contact information, and resume-type information such as her accent skills and athletic skills. She was able to put that information on her Pro page because she has paid for a Pro subscription. That information is not displayed on the free version of the IMDb site.

By "the page owner herself", Maya is referring to Lauren Patterson (VIII). The owner of the whole IMDb website is Amazon.com, Inc., but that's not what Maya is referring to.

I'm not an admirer of G.K. Chesterton, but his parable of the fence applies here:

In the matter of reforming things, as distinct from deforming them, there is one plain and simple principle; a principle which will probably be called a paradox. There exists in such a case a certain institution or law; let us say, for the sake of simplicity, a fence or gate erected across a road. The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, "I don't see the use of this; let us clear it away." To which the more intelligent type of reformer will do well to answer: "If you don't see the use of it, I certainly won't let you clear it away. Go away and think. Then, when you can come back and tell me that you do see the use of it, I may allow you to destroy it."

By the same token, I would advise against trying to merge an IMDb name page out of existence because you can't see what content is on the Pro version of the page; if you could see what was on the Pro version of the page, you wouldn't want to merge it into the page of another Lauren Patterson.

I hope this helps.

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@gromit82​ no it doesn't because it's blank and there are so many Lauren Patterson on there.   Some of them need to be merged.