Quoting schultzy:

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EDIT:  NM I think I got it.  It will just keep the BY for said actor.  But what if the profile has a different BY, would it create a different entry in your local cast database?  Ok... I am confused again.  Ignore me.

As I understood the explanation, if you have an actor with a BY attached and a profile comes along without, it will merge the new actor with the existing entry, provided you don't have a second entry for that name. I forgot if it would strip the BY... (but that wouldn't be a problem, as you only have that name once, so the BY wasn't really necessary and linking is maintained).

Sorry for not ignoring you.