IMDB mistake: Reversed my name & now won't link to my page

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My director wrote in to delete another actor and instead of doing that, IMDB changed my name to surname first and it created a whole new page and disconnected my work from my page. How do I get them to change it back to link to my page? The director has written to them but they are very slow in response. How do I get them to fix this promptly? It is their mistake and I really need this sorted ASAP as now I have ZERO credits.
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Can you provide links to the pages you're talking about?

Are you Vanessa Demme and are the credits you're talking about at Demme Vanessa?

If so, it's extremely unlikely that IMDb made any mistake. Whomever added the credits made the error of adding your name backwards. You need to add it as, "Demme, Vanessa."  They'd have ignored the message that the system gives to get it entered that way.  They also added it as an "actor" and not "actress" and I assume you're female and that it also needs to be corrected.

Can you verify this is what you mean and if not, give useful details about which pages you're talking about?
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this one is the correct link: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6483590/
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and this is the link they connected it to instead: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm7725006/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
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I was originally linked correctly and then somehow it changed when she submitted the other form. I contacted her and she said she was emailing them but that it took 4 months for them to respond to her with her previous request.
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It does take a long time if you ask the Staff to correct it. However it is easy to correct yourself.

The method is explained in Person X and person Y are the same, how can I combine their listings?

In order to get it corrected as fast as possible, I have submitted the merge to get everything under Vanessa Demme.  In case it is needed, Contribution #151218-165043-845000
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Vanessa Demme

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Thank you so so so much, I am so grateful!
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Your merge has completed processing and your credit is now shown as "actress" not "actor."
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Vanessa Demme

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Thank you so much for all of your help!

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