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Which Taccani to keep?

Alessandro Taccani - nm3502685

Sandro Taccani  - nm0846121

 

These are two entries for the same person.

Alessandro  has 9 credits, with one attribution as “S. Taccani”.

Sandro has 16 credits, with attributions as “Allesandro Taccani”, “S. Taccani”, “A. Taccani” and “S. Paola Taccani”

 

I propose to merge them, but which into which?


Using the web does not assist in determining the preferred name.

There is no Wikipedia page for either name, in English or Italian.

Alessandro has entries on Discogs, Allmusic and  Spotify. 

Sandro has entries on Allmusic, Secondhand songs and Spotify .  There is only one reference on Discogs  - ‘Sandro Taccani E La Sua Orchestra’, giving ‘Alessandro Taccani’ as his full name.

Should I 

1.     merge Alessandro into Sandro, or

2.     merge Sandro into Alessandro?

Are there people with interest in Italian music who could assist? Does IMDB have a policy to solve issues like this?


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Since Sandro has more credits (even if you only count those without 'as' attributes) it would make sense to merge Alessandro into Sandro.

"General Rule: The primary name for a person in IMDb is the one by which they are most often credited."
https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/names-biographical-data/names/GSA3M6SFHRAERXZ3?ref_=helpms_helpart_inline#primary

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I understand that, but have found from previous 'merges' that it is not always the case. This is why I have asked a question.

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I don't know about the composer, but the guidelines you asked for are there. There's also a section on merging names.