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So if there are the same books on each profile, find out which edition was published first and use that name in the primary author position with the other name in the secondary position so the editions can be combined.
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Chronology matters too. I would keep both if the author is currently (or most recently) using both forms. If they started with one and then switched to the other, I'd probably keep just one form.

Ok, so in this example, Carolyn Hart stopped using the G. on her books after 1995. As I mentioned, she's claimed her "Carolyn Hart" profile. So, should I just move all her books over to the non-G profile and just keep the one form?
As an example:
I started cleaning up Carolyn G. Hart but stopped, because her name is printed "Carolyn G. Hart" on some of her covers and "Carolyn Hart" on others. (She is a GR author under her "Carolyn Hart" name, and the profile Carolyn G. Hart is unclaimed.)