Updating an Film Industry Professional

@JonStephenson​ Hi- Please submit a name merge, follow our help guides for more. Cheers!

@Bethanny​ thanks, when I follow the instructions and see have two tabs open it is not obvious where to hit the edit  and then there is no option to merge.

Jon: First of all, please make sure that all the credits for both Jon Stephenson (I) (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1409413/) and Jon Stephenson (II) (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2847120/) are indeed yours. Jon (II) has substantially all his credits in jobs like "dive coordinator", "marine safety", and now "water tank coordinator", so that is obviously you. Jon (I), on the other hand, has one credit as a dive supervisor for "R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour" (I assume that's yours), but all his other credits are things like "best boy grip" and "dolly grip" that would be done on dry land. Is that you from an earlier stage of your career, or is it a different person? If it is a different person, then the way to fix it would be to change the one credit for "R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour" to assign it to Stephenson, Jon (II) instead. But if all the credits on both pages belong to you, here is how to merge them. Go to the page for Jon Stephenson (II) at https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2847120/. Click "Edit page". On the next screen, on the Name Merge line, select "Add merge". Scroll down and click "Continue". On the next screen, there will be a blank space in which to enter the corrected name. Enter it as: Stephenson, Jon (I) Un-check the box marked "Preserve previous name on existing credits. i.e. '(as Jon Stephenson)'" since it doesn't apply to this situation. In the Explanation box, enter something like this: "I am Jon Stephenson, and my credits have been mistakenly split between Jon Stephenson (I) and (II). All the credits on both pages are mine, and so these two pages should be merged." Click "Check these updates". On the next screen, you will get a warning that says, "You are about to merge two separate name pages into one. Are you sure you wish to merge this name page into the page for Stephenson, Jon (I)? ..." Check the box marked "Warning understood, go ahead anyway." Click "Re-check these updates". On the next screen, your data should appear with a green background and you should be able to click "Submit these updates". Allow a few days for the merge to go through. Good luck!

@gromit82​ thanks. Yes I started my career as a grip above the water, did some rigging as well. and moved into water work - underwater grip diver etc. Both Jon II and Jon I are me.

@gromit82​ thank you again fro your long explanation - it is so helpful. I still can't find the Click 'Edit Page' This is where I am stuck doing the merge.

Jon: The "Edit page" button should be at the very bottom of your name page, as I have indicated here with an arrow:

@gromit82​ got it! thank you so much!!