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message 1151: by the_cat (last edited Oct 10, 2010 02:15AM) (new)
Oct 09, 2010 03:40PM

the_cat | 388 comments Somebody did this and forgot to mention it here:
Andrew Grant:

(1) New Zealander writer pseudonym of Grant Shanks
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

(2) British writer (1966- )
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...


message 1152: by the_cat (new)
Oct 10, 2010 02:13AM

the_cat | 388 comments Michael Arnold:

(1) British novelist. Historical fiction
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

(2) Travels
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

(3) American novelist. Historical fiction
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

(4) Various
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...


message 1153: by the_cat (new)
Oct 10, 2010 03:20AM

the_cat | 388 comments Linda Grant:

(1) British writer (1951- )
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

(2) American mystery writer (1942- )
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...


message 1154: by Sandra (new)
Oct 10, 2010 06:14AM

Sandra | 31653 comments Nalini Singh


1. Paranormal Romance
Nalini Singh
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

2. Contemporary Fiction
Nalini Singh
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

I've put the appropriate clause on both authors, but because the first one has a large bio already there you can't see it. Should it be moved to the top of the bio or left at the bottom?


message 1155: by rivka, Former Moderator (last edited Oct 10, 2010 04:29PM) (new)
Oct 10, 2010 12:29PM

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
Velma, this thread is for listing authors after they have been separated. Not for requesting that they be disambig'd -- that would be something for one of the "help" threads (or a new thread).

Sandra, I always put it at the very beginning, and italicize.


message 1156: by the_cat (last edited Oct 10, 2010 04:05PM) (new)
Oct 10, 2010 04:05PM

the_cat | 388 comments Please add to James Green:

(3) Mystery (1944- )
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...


message 1157: by Sandra (new)
Oct 10, 2010 10:51PM

Sandra | 31653 comments Thanks Rivka, I'll go fix it :)


message 1159: by J. (new)
Oct 11, 2010 02:18PM

J. King (jtimothyking) | 3 comments John P. Lathrop

(1) Religion & Spirituality
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

(2) Computers & Internet
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...


message 1160: by Cait (new)
Oct 12, 2010 08:14AM

Cait (tigercait) | 4988 comments Julia Knight

(1) science fiction/romance, GR Author
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

(2) film studies
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...


message 1161: by Abcdarian (new)
Oct 13, 2010 01:37PM

Abcdarian | 26579 comments Christopher^Milne. -- British, son of A.A. Milne
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

Christopher^^Milne -- Australian, children's books
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...


message 1162: by the_cat (new)
Oct 14, 2010 11:38AM

the_cat | 388 comments James W. Hall:

(1) James Wilson Hall, Mystery, Poetry (1947- )
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

(2) Mathematics
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...


message 1163: by the_cat (new)
Oct 15, 2010 03:33PM

the_cat | 388 comments Richard Helms:

(1) Mystery
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

(2) Richard McGarrah Helms (1913-2002)
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...


message 1164: by Velma (new)
Oct 16, 2010 03:37PM

Velma (velmalikevelvet) | 61 comments I'm not sure exactly how one accomplishes this, but here goes...

There are at least 3 different authors here:

Joseph Hart - Religious & Spiritual:
eg. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/90...

Joseph Hart - Psychology:
eg. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45...

Joseph Hart - Political Science:
eg. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11...

Please don't hesitate to give me feedback if this isn't the proper way to go about this. Thanks!


message 1165: by Cait (new)
Oct 16, 2010 07:17PM

Cait (tigercait) | 4988 comments Velma, the best way to do this is to start a new thread under Book Issues listing which books belong with which authors, if you aren't comfortable doing the disambiguation yourself. Then, once it's been done, this thread is only for providing links to the resulting author profiles.


message 1166: by the_cat (last edited Oct 17, 2010 12:54PM) (new)
Oct 17, 2010 12:13AM

the_cat | 388 comments Velma, if you are asking how to do it yourself, we use the fact that more than 1 space between name and surname of an author result in a different author. As in John^Smith and John^^Smith are different authors. So we edit the author of every single book to match the list we decide to create. Trying to leave number one for the more likely to get new editions because the problem is new books always automatically go to number 1.


message 1167: by Sherry (last edited Oct 17, 2010 08:33PM) (new)
Oct 17, 2010 06:24AM

Sherry (ssaccoliti) | 601 comments John Gray John^Gray - (1) John Gray American Pop Psychologist
John Gray John^^Gray (2)John Gray Philosopher
John Gray John^^^Gray (3) John Gray English Poet
John Gray John^^^^Gray (4) Canadian author
John GrayJohn^^^^^Gray (5) Art historian/black history
John Gray John^^^^^^Gray (6) Alexander Techniques
John Gray John^^^^^^^Gray (7) Hebrew scholar b1913
John Gray John^^^^^^^^^Gray (8)b1947 Hair expert
John Gray (9) Irish Historian

Still not finished!!!!


message 1168: by Velma (new)
Oct 17, 2010 12:43PM

Velma (velmalikevelvet) | 61 comments Cait wrote: "Velma, the best way to do this is to start a new thread under Book Issues listing which books belong with which authors, if you aren't comfortable doing the disambiguation yourself. Then, once it'..."

Thank you, I didn't know *I* could do the disambig myself.

And thanks to by the_cat, now I know how!

Appreciate the hand-holding.


message 1170: by Velma (new)
Oct 17, 2010 06:48PM

Velma (velmalikevelvet) | 61 comments 1 Joseph^Hart - non-fiction history:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

2 Joseph^^Hart - religion & spirituality:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

3 Joseph^^^Hart - psychology:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

4 Joseph^^^^Hart - historical fiction:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...


message 1171: by the_cat (last edited Oct 18, 2010 03:34PM) (new)
Oct 18, 2010 03:34PM

the_cat | 388 comments Julia Watson:

(1) Novelist, food expert
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

(2) Actress, Poetry (1953- )
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

(3) Comparative literature, nonfiction
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

(4) Romance, pseudonym of Jo Ann Vest (1943- )
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...


message 1174: by the_cat (new)
Oct 22, 2010 04:05PM

the_cat | 388 comments Alan Marshall:

(1) Australian author (1902-1984)
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

(2) A pseudonym used by Donald E. Westlake and 6 other people
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...


message 1175: by Sherry (new)
Oct 23, 2010 09:40AM

Sherry (ssaccoliti) | 601 comments (1) Robin Williams Forensic Scientist
(2) Robin Williams Songrwiter. Married to Linda Williams (who - by the way, needs to be disambiguated).
(3) Robin Williams Welsh writer

Robin Williams, the actor and comedian, is actually Robin McLaurim Williams


message 1178: by Velma (new)
Oct 24, 2010 01:45PM

Velma (velmalikevelvet) | 61 comments Michael^White: science/biography/novels
Michael^^White: psychology

thanks!


message 1180: by Laura (new)
Oct 24, 2010 05:27PM

Laura | 9 comments (1) Michael Cordy - fiction
(2) Michael Cordy - computers


message 1181: by Bryan (new)
Oct 24, 2010 06:37PM

Bryan (blyoung) | 17 comments John Gardner

...previously disambiguated into 6 authors, now found another...

(7) John Gardner Religion


message 1182: by mlady_rebecca (new)
Oct 25, 2010 01:39PM

mlady_rebecca | 591 comments Sherry wrote: "Robin Williams, the actor and comedian, is actually Robin McLaurim Williams "

Looks like on the book covers he's just known as Robin Williams. I thought we only used the longer name when that was used on at least some of their book covers. Won't adding the middle name mess up people's ability to search for him?


message 1183: by the_cat (new)
Oct 25, 2010 02:07PM

the_cat | 388 comments Don Winslow:

(1) Mystery (1953- )
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

(2) Erotic, pseudonym of unknown writer
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...


message 1184: by Sherry (new)
Oct 27, 2010 07:13PM

Sherry (ssaccoliti) | 601 comments 1) Carole Hart YA author
2) Carole Hart Erotica


message 1185: by Kaion (last edited Oct 29, 2010 05:05PM) (new)
Oct 29, 2010 05:03PM

Kaion (kaionvin) 1) David^Nicholls - Dick-Lit http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
2) David^^Nicholls - Religion/Politics/Caribbean Studies http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
3)David^^^Nicholls - Music http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
4)David^^^^Nicholls - Sociology/History http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
5) David^^^^^Nicholls - Various/undisambiguated http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...


message 1187: by Jess (new)
Nov 01, 2010 12:36PM

Jess Robinson (castaway) | 1 comments I've just disambiguated:

(1) Sue RobinsonHistory
(2) Sue Robinson ??

(The first is my mother, the other I don't know ;)


message 1188: by Natalie (new)
Nov 03, 2010 06:45PM

Natalie (nkmeyers) | 40 comments I've disambiguated
1) Edward S. Ellis (1840-1916)
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
2)Edward S. Ellis -> Edward Ellis III (contemporary Dallas Oral Surgeon)


message 1189: by Melody (new)
Nov 04, 2010 05:52AM

Melody (runningtune) | 13300 comments http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... Joanna^Hunter - Goodread's author - Health, Mind & Body
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... Joanna^^Hunter - photographers


message 1190: by Melody (last edited Nov 04, 2010 02:23PM) (new)
Nov 04, 2010 02:22PM

Melody (runningtune) | 13300 comments http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... Robert A.^Hall - language
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... Robert A.^^Hall - Business and Politics


message 1191: by Abcdarian (new)
Nov 05, 2010 07:30PM

Abcdarian | 26579 comments Elizabeth^Turner - romance author, pseud. of Gail Oust
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

Elizabeth^^Turner - children's cautionary tales, d. 1846
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...


message 1192: by Keith (last edited Nov 17, 2010 08:56PM) (new)
Nov 17, 2010 08:44PM

Keith (kgf0) | 379 comments Here's a few I disambiguated without remembering to post here:

Andrew^Murray (1828) Religion & Spirituality
Andrew^^Murray (1970) Children's Books
Andrew^^^Murray (1958) Nonfiction (labour)

David^Shoemaker Religion & Spirituality
David^^Shoemaker Philosophy
David P. Shoemaker History

Also, I haven't done anything to these guys, as they are already disambiguated via the missing period, but if that's against standard someone may want to tag them too.

Paul M Edwards Religion & Spirituality
Paul M. Edwards History

I did not add the boilerplate Librarian Note to the author profiles, assuming that should wait until after they are listed on the linked forum. Please send a PM if that's wrong and I'll endeavor to add it in the future (though I do far more combining of author variants than disambiguating).

Thanks, you're welcome, I'm sorry. ;-)

P.S. Just saw elsewhere in thread that note should be applied right away, so I added that to the ones that are dabbed by spaces (i.e., the first 5 above).


message 1193: by Keith (new)
Nov 17, 2010 09:47PM

Keith (kgf0) | 379 comments Of course, as soon as I post that, I find another new one.

Susan^Stern Cooking
Susan^^Stern Social Sciences
Susan Ellen Stern With the Weathermen


message 1194: by the_cat (new)
Nov 19, 2010 11:11AM

the_cat | 388 comments Celia Gilbert:

(1) Poetry
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

(2) Pseudonym of Ruth Gilbert Cochran, YA (1893-?)
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...


message 1195: by Melody (new)
Nov 19, 2010 12:36PM

Melody (runningtune) | 13300 comments Elizabeth^Hunter - http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... - Harlequin Romance
Elizabeth^^Hunter - http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... - Education


message 1196: by Melody (new)
Nov 19, 2010 12:38PM

Melody (runningtune) | 13300 comments Elizabeth^Hunter - http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... - Harlequin Romance
Elizabeth^^Hunter - http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... - Education


message 1197: by Melody (new)
Nov 21, 2010 10:33PM

Melody (satyridae) | 1 comments Brian^Doyle: Brian Doyle Canadian author of J&YA books
Brian^^Doyle: Brian Doyle US, Oregonian essayist


message 1199: by Abcdarian (last edited Nov 27, 2010 10:29AM) (new)
Nov 22, 2010 02:25PM

Abcdarian | 26579 comments Julie^Campbell - 1908-1999, author of Trixie Belden series
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

Julie^^Campbell - various **see note message 1244
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...


message 1200: by Paula (new)
Nov 23, 2010 12:03PM

Paula (paulaan) | 7014 comments Sarah Madison

(1) http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... - Gay & Lesbian

(2) http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... - Medical


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