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Polygon merge plane problem
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select matching polygons
check - nonmanifold, lamina, edges with zero length, and faces with zero area and see if it finds something. It just looks like you have some thing broken in the mesh. Cleanup should find it.
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I do see another issue with the topo as well see the attached markup...
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There is clearly a problem with the connection you created and it appears you have some zero area faces or zero length edges.
you may also marquee select the indicated verts and ensure there is only one vert at each of those spots and if not merge them.
if that fails delete all the faces of the connection. Then make sure all the verts at the boundary edges are merged and there is only one vert at each point on the boundary.
Finally, instead of merging point by point do a bridge between the two boundary edges.
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i think that you need to see clearly before you connect them .
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