Why does the profile manager reject the merge of Hamilton-1256 and Hamilton-1217?

Question

As far as I can see they are the same person, if you can look through all the incorrect names and duplicate wives, and the several merges that have not been tidied, the only difference is the date of birth, but he has rejected the merge twice.

From my research I have  

James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton was born circa 1415. He was the son of Sir James Hamilton, 5th of Cadzow and Janet Livingston. He married, firstly, Lady Eupheme Graham, daughter of Patrick Graham, Earl of Strathearn and Eupheme Stewart, Countess of Caithness, after 25 February 1440/41. He married, secondly, Mary Stewart, Princess of Scotland, daughter of James II Stewart, King of Scotland and Marie van Egmont-Gelre, between February 1474 and April 1474. Dispensation from the Pope was granted 25 April 1476, thereby legitimising the two children already born. He died on 6 November 1479.

Should I tidy the long profile and create a sourced narrative with correct dates and propose the merge again?

Comments

Have you sent a private message to the Profile Manager seeking to understand why they're not approving the merge?

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Yowzer and it's European aristocracy; are you working with that project on this? The whole use of prefix, suffix, titles, etc., scares the ahem out of me....

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The profile manager has been offline for 6 months, he came back a week or so ago but I am not getting any answers from him yet. I got sucked into this by Scottish Clans Project, but in places they run parralel to European Ancestors. To be honest I'm glad I'll be away for a couple of days this week  the whole mess made me think Gin and tonic, but hold the tonic.

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Yes i would like this merge to happen i have had this problem with this profile manger before I would like to PP this Profile but would like the 2 Profiles merged first I have cleaned up the Bio some what Rhian so go and have that Gin with out the Tonic

Answer 1

My two cents:

• People make mistakes.
• Rejection is not final; I just proposed the merge again.

Comments

As he has refused it twice I think I should make some effort to make the profiles look more alike.

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They look pretty darn close already, except for the titles and stuff. I think direct contact is required.

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"Curious to know why you're rejecting the merge of these two profiles which are clearly duplicates. As you know, Wikitree seeks one profile per individual. (Reminder: WikiTree & Collaboration) I'd appreciate knowing what your concerns are so that we can be sure to address them as we complete this merge and clean up the results. Thanks."

Answer 2

Some people do not want to give up any control at all.

Comments

True. But collaboration trumps control.