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The Please Add to the Disambig Thread Thread
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... Jessica^Bryan - healing and mischttp://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... Jessica^^Bryan - tawdry romance
Gail Hamilton:(1) Tie-ins/Romance/Reference
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
(2) pseudonym of Mary Abigail Dodge
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... John R.^Butler - Canterburyhttp://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... John R.^^Butler - birdwatching
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... John R.^^^Butler - Health Care
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... John^Butler - children's bookshttp://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... John^^Butler - zucchini
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... John^^^Butler - Gay erotica
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... John^^^^Butler - Art
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... John^^^^^Butler - religious
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... John^^^^^^Butler - guinea fowl
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... John^^^^^^^Butler - business
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... John^^^^^^^^Butler - hypnotist
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... John^^^^^^^^^Butler - Henry Bilson Legge
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... John^^^^^^^^^^Butler - memoir
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... John^^^^^^^^^^^Butler - India
Ron Clark-(1) Education
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
(2) Misc/Multiple authors
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
1) John^Gardner Chinese politics http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...2) John^^Gardner Educational Research - Ireland http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
3) John^^^Gardner Law http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
4) John^^^^Gardner Boats http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
5) John^^^^^Gardner Religion http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
Others that are constantly being mixed up with the above:
a) John C. Gardner Accounting http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
b) John Champlin Gardner Jr Novelist - author of Grendel http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
c) John E. Gardner Novelist - author of James Bond titles http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
d) John W. Gardner Leadership http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
e) John Linton Gardner Music http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
f) John F.^Gardner Systems Engineering http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
g) John F.^^Gardner General Fiction http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
h) John W.F. Gardner Railway Engineering http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
And for some reason, Goodreads is putting in additional authors on several of these books. So the title "Grendel" (by John Champlin Gardner Jr.) is now being credited to two guys - John Champlin Gardner Jr. and John Gardner.
Is this because most editions of Grendel just say "John Gardner" on the cover? And Goodreads wants to help people find the book? But then we need to disambiguate further, and move the John^Gardner who writes about chinese politics, leaving the John^Gardner just as a catch-all for all the various books that show up with that simple undisambiguated name.
Bryan wrote: "And for some reason, Goodreads is putting in additional authors on several of these books."This is a scripting error -- it wasn't meant to happen that way, and the extraneous authors are going to be removed again.
Martha Rogers:(1) historical fiction
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
(2) business
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
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2) Robert Fulton - death & dying
3) Robert Fulton - nature
Related:
Robert Fulton Jr.
and
Robert Edison Fulton Jr.
(1) http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... - SF(2) http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... - Poetry
(3) http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... - Priest
(4) http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... - Oregon
(5) http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... - history
(6) http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... - Photography
Mark Grant:(1) Pseudonym of David Bischoff
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
(2) Various
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
(1) Thomas James - poet (1946-1974)(2) Thomas James - education (1948-present)
(3) Thomas James - Aesop translator (1809-1863)
(4) Thomas James - children's author
(5) Thomas James - hunter/trapper (1782-1847)
(6) Thomas James - sea captain (1593-1635)
(7) Thomas James - librarian (1573-1629)
(8) Thomas James - novelist
Mary Brown - fantasyMary Brown - crafts
Mary Brown - marketing
Mary Brown - unsure misc *** I am certain this one is several separate authors but did not have a chance to try to track down who might have written what.
Stephanie^Blake - alternative spelling of Stéphanie Blake, children books http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...Stephanie^^Blake - pen name of Jack Pearl, historical fiction & romance http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
Stephanie^^^Blake - one book, religion http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
Nick Nolan-(1) gay fiction
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
(2) music
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
1. Cynthia Macdonald - American poet, b. 1928http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
2. Cynthia^^Macdonald - British(?) philosopher
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
3. Cynthia^^^Macdonald - Canadian novelist/journalist
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
Nolan^Miller - novels and short stories, deceasedhttp://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
Nolan^^Miller - self-published poet
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
Need to disambiguate Mark Bennett author of Professional Microsoft FAST Search: Customizing, Designing, and Deploying Search for SharePoint 2010 and Internet Servers from the other Mark Bennett(s) of which there appear to be at least two others. 1)Mark Bennett, author of FAST Search is CTO of New Idea Engineering.
2)Mark Bennett in Library of Congress Name authority as Bennett, Mark, 1956 Dec. 10- is author of:
Developmental Psychology: Achievements and Prospects & alsoThe Development of Social Cognition: The Child As Psychologist& also The Development of the Social Self
3)There is at least one more Mark Bennett listed as an author on GR, the back of his TV Sets: Fantasy Blueprints of Classic TV Homes book describes him as a Wilshire Blvd postal worker. This Mark Bennett also wrote: How to Live a Sitcom Life.
Here's another one:(1) Sarah Miller - GR author/children's books
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
(2) Sarah Miller - YA series (Inside the Mind of Gideon Rayburn, etc.)
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
I think there may be some other Sarah Miller mixed in, but wasn't sure and it appears that Sarah Miller (1) has done some of her own disambig.
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2) Michael Perry - humor (Goodreads author)
3) Michael Perry - various
Related authors:
Michael W. Perry
Mike Perry
I don't see Keith Baker on the master list (and search isn't working), but I can tell he's been disambiged before -- but we need at least one more.currently exist:
(1) Keith^Baker - SFF
(2) Keith^^Baker - children's books
I added:
(3) Keith^^^Baker - medicine
I'm going through Keith^Baker's, and we may need a 4th one (art?) -- e.g. this book.
Should I add a disambig note all the author profiles?
Addendum:
And a 5th?
BBC journalist Keith Baker...
I went ahead and made the 4th and 5th ones. I'm still disambiging and haven't added any disambig notes to author profiles.
(4) Keith^^^^Baker - furniture
(5) Keith^^^^^Baker - BBC journalist
Addendum2:
(6) Keith Baker - audiobook narrator
(7) Keith Baker - author of Public Budgeting Using 1-2-3
(8) Keith Baker - "Keith Baker is a social science research consultant who has worked for the U.S. Department of Education."
(9) Keith Baker - Canada
... I think that's all of them?
Should I add a disambig note all the author profiles?Yes, please do!
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... Karen^Anderson - Goodread's author - health mind and bodyhttp://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... Karen^^Anderson - Cats and obviously other listings of Karen Anderson
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... Robert^Fabian - English catholic science fiction authorhttp://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... Robert^^Fabian - Czech military sci-fi author
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http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... Jan^Hudson - Harlequin American Romance http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... Jan^^Hudson - Young Adult
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... Jan^Frazier - spiritualityhttp://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... Jan^^Frazier - young adult
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... Jan^Gordon - romancehttp://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... Jan^^Gordon - painters
William Powers:(1) memoirs
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
(2) media critic
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
(3) misc/multiple authors
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... Peter^Temple - crime novelshttp://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... Peter^^Temple - investing
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... Thad^Brown - pen name for Goodreads author - collection of short stories http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... Thad^^Brown - Computer
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... Martin^Wilson - multiplehttp://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... Martin^^Wilson - Goodread's author - young adult
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... Louise^Taylor - Dogs, Cats and Yogahttp://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... Louise^^Taylor - Adult Taboo Fantasies
James White#1 thru #7 previously disambiguated... but there is one more James White author!
8) James White - Sir Frizzle Pumpkin stories
Please note that Fulton Sheen and Fulton J. Sheen are the same person.They/He is not to be confused with the theologian (but not Archbishop) F.J. Sheed (a.k.a., Fulton J. Sheed).
If you'd like someone to write up a biography for the Fulton J. Sheen profile page, I'd be happy to volunteer to do so.
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... Barry^Simon - Math and computershttp://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... Barry^^Simon - Emergency Medicine
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... - Weight Loss
Bryan wrote: "1) Harry Harrison - science fiction2) Harry Harrison - illustrator of children's books"
Bryan - don't forget to add the note to disambiguated authors. See this entry to copy and paste: http://www.goodreads.com/author/edit/... The Note is at the top of the bio
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