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Yes, of course, "if there is a dispute over whether the credit references the same person", but there isn't a dispute. With that interpretation, you could argue that ANY use of common names still requires full documentation, which is clearly the exact opposite of what Ken said. Skip will ask his question EVERY SINGLE TIME: if we consider all of those "disputes", then Ken's ruling would be meaningless. But it's not. If you've got specific information showing something is wrong, then by all means, please go ahead and say so. But no more generally questioning everything without any basis at all. It's as Ken said: the users who tend to question everything, those that prefer more rigidly documented common names, are perfectly free to enforce those rules on their local data. They are, however, no longer allowed to force those personal standards onto the rest of us.

Skip didn't raise the possibility that they could be two different people: he merely questioned the fact without giving so much as a hint as to why he would feel this way. Again: that question can be asked for ANY common name usage. Now if someone comes up with a solid REASON, like being able to say: well, I've got a source that shows that they're different people, then we have a dispute, and further documentation is required. We've seen that in the Tennyson Sebastian-thread, for example. Merely questioning every common name usage without basis is not a dispute, and is exactly what Ken's ruling was meant to address.

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Credited as Micheal J. McAlister (total of 10):

Abandon (according to CLT)
Demolition Man (checked by me)
Die Hard 2: Die Harder (checked by me)
Howard the Duck (checked by Nick)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (checked by me)
Orange County (checked by tweeter)
Thirteen Days (checked by James)
The Truman Show (checked by me)
Waterworld (checked by Kevin)
X-Men (checked by me)

Credited as Michael J. McAlister (total of 2):

Ali (checked by .)
Indiana Jones: Bonus Material (checked by me)

Credited as Micheal McAlister (total of 3):

Free Willy 2 (checked by James)
The Goonies (checked by Pete)
Willow (checked by me)

Credited as Michael McAlister (total of 3):

Eragon (checked by alinoe)
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (checked by Pete)
Star Wars: Ewok Adventures (according to CLT)

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Time to lock this thread!
Or at least to edit some posts.

Or add some links proving they are the same person.  <whistling innocently>