The Please Add to the Disambig Thread Thread Showing 1,201-1,243 of 1,243

[Abcdarian]

For some reason my Julie^^Campbell above disappeared back into Julie^Campbell. I have once again disambiguated the second one, now as:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

[the_cat]

Dorothy West:

(1) Novelist (1907-1998)
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

(2) A pseudonym of Mildred A. Wirt (1905-2002)
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

[the_cat]

Patricia O'Malley:

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

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

[Sandra]

1. Sally^Morgan - Australian Indigenous author
2. Sally^^Morgan - Psychic Writer
3. Sally^^^Morgan - Children's Science Author

[Keith]

I was rather hoping to get away without having to do this, since the second one didn't publish much outside of Hollywood, but his name appears as a collaborator with his father on a few plays so he's already in the database.

Donald^Davis (b. 1944) Storyteller (Probably with some catch-all)
Donald^^Davis (d. 1992) Dramatist, son of Owen Gould Davis

[the_cat]

Hugh Lloyd:

(1) Pseudonym of Percy Keese Fitzhugh (1876-1950) - Children's books
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

(2) Actor (1923-2008) - Autobiography
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

[Cait]

Chris Berman -

(1) novelist (GR Author)
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

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

[the_cat]

Jack Martin:

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

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

(3) aka Gary Dobbs, actor (1965- ) - Western
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

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

(5) A pseudonym used by Dennis Etchison - Horror
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

[Lobstergirl]

Randy^Johnson - hiking books, to-do manuals (possibly various)
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

Randy^^Johnson - baseball pitcher
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

[Abcdarian]

Jonathan^Dee - Welsh, astrology
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

Jonathan^^Dee - American, novelist
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

[the_cat]

Kate Taylor:

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

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

(3) Children´s books
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

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

(5) Illustrator
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

[Keith]

Previously dabbed, but without the profile link to the master dab thread (now resolved) and without listing here. I've now also added a third, and done most of the reorgannizing.

John^Locke 1632-1704 Philosopher
John^^Locke Crime novelist
John^^^Locke Travelogue

[Abcdarian]

Shawn^Lane - female, gay & lesbian romances (Goodreads author - I couldn't add disambig note)
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

Shawn^^Lane - male, musician
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

[Abcdarian]

Frank^Miller - graphic novels
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

Frank^^Miller - various
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

[the_cat]

The disambig list hasnt been updated since like july? It's difficult to find out if someone already mentioned here some half done disambigs like this one:

Melanie Jackson:

(1) Romance, GRA (1962- )
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

(2) Mysteries (1956- )
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

[rivka, Former Moderator]

the_cat wrote: "The disambig list hasnt been updated since like july?"

August, actually. Remember that Michael is the only one who can edit it, he is purely a volunteer, and I suspect he didn't really grasp the magnitude of what he was volunteering for when he did so. If you find looking through pages of posts daunting, imagine how he must feel!

[Lies]

New here, so sorry if I do it all wrong.

John^Murray: fiction
John^^Murray: religion

John Murray (fiction) is the author of "A Few Short Notes on Tropical Butterflies". This is his only book so far.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Please include links to their author pages.

[the_cat]

rivka wrote: "the_cat wrote: "The disambig list hasnt been updated since like july?"

August, actually. Remember that Michael is the only one who can edit it, he is purely a volunteer, and I suspect he didn't re..."

Yah I guess it's difficult to imagine so many new authors never checking the uniqueness of their name (or not caring)... +1200 and counting lol

[Lies]

This is the link to the John Murray author of books on religion page: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

There is no page for John Murray author of "A Few Short Notes ..."

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Authors needing to be separated don't go in this thread. Only ones that already have been.

[Rhea]

1: Susan^Griffith/ Fantasy/Children's books
2: Susan^^Griffith/Travel

[Sherry]

Michael Wilcox (1) Playwright
Michael Wilcox (2) Artist/watercolorist

[Lies]

rivka wrote: "Authors needing to be separated don't go in this thread. Only ones that already have been."

Ok, so is there a thread to post the ones that need separating?

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Any of the active "author needs help" threads.

[This Is Not The Michael You're Looking For]

I want to apologize to everyone for failing to keep the master list updated. I did a lot of traveling last summer and by the time it was done, the number of entries had blown up to the point where it was almost impossible to catch up (I tried a bit) and since then I've just fallen further and further behind. I've been trying to come up with a way that will allow me to pseudo-automate the list generation, but so far have had no luck. Short of GoodReads finding a way to automatically list similar author names, I'm not sure there is a way to catch up on this.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Given the huge amount of work you have put into this, I don't think you owe anyone an apology.

[Paul]

I'm never sure where to report this - here's a name which needs some work

http://www.goodreads.com/book/combine...

Richard Price - there must be about ten of them. Apologies if this is not the place to mention it.

[Abcdarian]

Paul wrote: "... here's a name which needs some work

http://www.goodreads.com/book/combine...

Richard Price - there must be about ten of them...."

Slowly working on this. As mentioned above, the "author needs help" threads are the proper place.

[Abcdarian]

Richard^Price - American novellist, b. 1949
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

Richard^^Price - American anthropologist & historian, b. 1941
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

Richard^^^Price - Scottish poet and novelist, b. 1966
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

Richard^^^^Price - 1700's British moral philosopher, preacher & political pamphleteer
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

Richard^^^^^Price - various
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

Will we keep on adding the regular disambig note or change it to just say there are other authors by same name or what?

[rivka, Former Moderator]

For now, keep adding the note.

[Abcdarian]

Will do; thanks.

[Abcdarian]

John^Fuller - English poet, b. 1937
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

John^^Fuller - various
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

John^^^Fuller - cooking
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

[Abcdarian]

Alan^Evans - American, technology
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

Alan^^Evans - British, war stories
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

Alan^^^Evans - Welsh? Phonics Farm books
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

Alan^^^^Evans - various
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

[Paula]

John^Murray
John^^Murray Butterflies
John^^^Murray Numerous
John^^^^Murray - Irish
John^^^^^Murray Born 1908
John^^^^^^Murray - Calvinism
John^^^^^^^Murray - Plays
John^^^^^^^^Murray
John^^^^^^^^^Murray -Travel
John^^^^^^^^^^Murray

[Abcdarian]

Re: John Murray above:

John^^Murray - American, short stories
John^^^^^^^^Murray - English satirical novels
John^^^^^^^^^^Murray - poet living in Scotland

[the_cat]

This Is Not The Michael You're Looking For wrote: "I want to apologize to everyone for failing to keep the master list updated. I did a lot of traveling last summer and by the time it was done, the number of entries had blown up to the point where ..."

Hey, no need to apologize. My complain was more on the line of being unable to search for a name in the forum's posts. But not big trouble ;)

Mike Lawson:

(1) Mystery (1948- )
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

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

[the_cat]

Amanda Lee:

(1) Pseudonym of Gayle Trent - Mystery
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

(2) Pseudonym of Eileen Buckholtz - Romance
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

[rivka, Former Moderator]

rivka wrote: "For now, keep adding the note."

At this point, it's probably best to STOP adding the note; please see this thread for more information.

[Richard]

I'm really rusty with this librarian stuff, and don't have time right now to get back up to speed, so if any one else wants to fix this I just discovered there are a few mis-named Ian McDonald entries, such as Ian McDonald 2, Ian McDonald 3, and Ian McDonald 4.

[Paula]

got message 1296

[Lindsay]

There are at least 2 authors named Alex Ross. One is in Portland, and the other is the famous New Yorker music critic.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Since we will no longer be using this list, I am closing this thread.