diff --git a/catalog/common/models.py b/catalog/common/models.py
index 579b5b43..d3d36e5a 100644
--- a/catalog/common/models.py
+++ b/catalog/common/models.py
@@ -422,10 +422,13 @@ class Item(SoftDeleteMixin, PolymorphicModel):
     #     return next((x[len(prefix):] for x in self.lookup_ids if x.startswith(prefix)), None)
 
     def update_lookup_ids(self, lookup_ids):
-        # TODO
-        # ll = set(lookup_ids)
-        # ll = list(filter(lambda a, b: b, ll))
-        pass
+        for t, v in lookup_ids:
+            if t in IdealIdTypes and self.primary_lookup_id_type not in IdealIdTypes:
+                self.primary_lookup_id_type = t
+                self.primary_lookup_id_value = v
+                return
+            if t == self.primary_lookup_id_type:
+                self.primary_lookup_id_value = v
 
     METADATA_COPY_LIST = [
         "title",
@@ -464,7 +467,7 @@ class Item(SoftDeleteMixin, PolymorphicModel):
                     setattr(self, k, p.metadata.get(k))
             if p.cover and (not self.has_cover() or ignore_existing_content):
                 self.cover = p.cover
-        self.update_lookup_ids(lookup_ids)
+        self.update_lookup_ids(list(set(lookup_ids)))
 
     def update_linked_items_from_external_resource(self, resource):
         """Subclass should override this"""
diff --git a/catalog/common/sites.py b/catalog/common/sites.py
index 09f5493e..4939a12b 100644
--- a/catalog/common/sites.py
+++ b/catalog/common/sites.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class AbstractSite:
     @classmethod
     def match_or_create_item_for_resource(cls, resource):
         previous_item = resource.item
-        resource.item = cls.match_existing_item_for_resource(resource)
+        resource.item = cls.match_existing_item_for_resource(resource) or previous_item
         if resource.item is None:
             model = cls.get_model_for_resource(resource)
             if not model:
diff --git a/catalog/views.py b/catalog/views.py
index c46ab0c4..4fb6466d 100644
--- a/catalog/views.py
+++ b/catalog/views.py
@@ -2,20 +2,15 @@ import logging
 from django.shortcuts import render, get_object_or_404, redirect
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required, permission_required
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
-from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.core.exceptions import BadRequest, PermissionDenied, ObjectDoesNotExist
 from django.db.models import Count
-from django.utils import timezone
 from django.core.paginator import Paginator
-from catalog.common.models import ExternalResource, IdType, IdealIdTypes
-from catalog.sites.imdb import IMDB
 from .models import *
 from django.views.decorators.clickjacking import xframe_options_exempt
 from journal.models import Mark, ShelfMember, Review, Comment, query_item_category
 from journal.models import (
     query_visible,
     query_following,
-    update_journal_for_merged_item,
 )
 from common.utils import PageLinksGenerator, get_uuid_or_404
 from common.config import PAGE_LINK_NUMBER