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Lots of "A" author initial oddities
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A Adair
A Anninskij
A Aguirre Miguel
A Azim El-Hassan
A Ansted
A Ahang
A Asakura
A Ansel
A Auvard
A Agnes Shepard
A Andrassy
A Atwood
A Ambrosetti
A Aylward
A Authoss
A Alemany
A Attia
A Ashyralyev
A Aoyarna
A Aoyarna
a Amiot
A Athena Ellis
A Auftr D Notgemeinschaft D Dt Wissenschaft
A Autrique
A Alibaic
A Afanas'ev
A Ashok Kumar
A. A. F
A. a. Schomer
A. A. Ranney
A. A. M Holtslag
A. A. Kelley
A. A. Moreno
A. A. Vezzani
A. A. tr Fesquet
A. A. Iskenderov
A. A. David
A. A. Fair.
A. A. F.
A. A. Gilbertson
A. A. B hlmann
A. A. Miner
A. A. Utuama
A. A. Iglesias
A. A. F. Seawell
A. A.J
A. A. Ruzmaĭkin
A. A. Zaky
A. A. Isaacs
A. A. Thrippleton
A. A. Bonar
A. A. Boggs
A. A. Davidson
A. A. Sandosham
A Bishop
A Blasi
A Berkessel
A Baum
A Brantlinger Ellen
A Blatchly
A Ba It Ursyn Uly Atyndaghy T Il B Il Im I Instituty
A Bradbury
A Bodek
A Bowdoin Van Riper
A Breccia
A Barrie Pittock
A Berger Lance
A Bejli
A Burns
A Bruce Wells
A Bezelga
A Banks
A B Jr Butler
A B Kay
A B Allen Co
A B Forbes
A B Rami Shani
A B Walkley
A B Mukerji
A B Church
A B McBratney
A B Sossinsky
A B Harris
A B Yehoshua
A B Davidson
A B Shani
A B champ
A B Rai
A B Kurzhanski
A B Tajlor
A. B D.
A. B chard
A. B Lees
A. B. De Mowbray
A. B. Gerland
A. B. Yehosua
A. B. Melzner
A. B. Holy
A. B. Louis
A. B. C
A. B. Mitchell
A. B. 1831 Davidson
A. B. Andrew Bruce Davidson
A. B. Mason
A. B. Sparkman
A. B. B. Olson
A. B. Greenleaf
A. B. Paton
A. B. Dennis
A. B. Culbertson
A. B. Schenk
A. B. Sherlock
A. B. Renehan
A. B. Geary
A. B. Weiler
A. B. Gahan
A. B. Geeson
A C Arthur
a cura di Silvio Locatelli e Marcello Borali
A Cavalli
A. C. 1878 Dunstan
A. C. Andros
A. C. Strange
A. C. L. Carlleyle
Very many of these have no books. I think that some librarians did not do author merges when working on Debbie's list(s) - they edited the book records instead and those remain until the script runs, whenever that is.
I must admit, I haven't checked them all. I will have a look - sometimes the merges help at least clear up the lists, so we know which ones actually need editing.
Paw3pals wrote: "Very many of these have no books.I think that some librarians did not do author merges when working on Debbie's list(s) - they edited the book records instead and those remain until the script runs, whenever that is."
Susie wrote: "I must admit, I haven't checked them all. I will have a look - sometimes the merges help at least clear up the lists, so we know which ones actually need editing."
Just did #3 - there were only a couple in there that were blank profiles, so I'm still assuming that most of these are new ones. Although the ACs do appear to be blanks...
For any profiles with no books that don't merge, I actually merge them with the blank profile, so that it'll be easier to check. It seems that the script doesn't run very often.
Turning this message into a checklist; under spoiler is what it used to say in addition to very brief lists. (view spoiler)I'm very happy to let someone else take over the listings. Wasn't a project I wanted to carry on with too long ( durn OCD about finishing things and durn my own favorite authors who keep losing books to non-standard initial profiles that I have the urge to fix).
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My little checklists that were ongoing --where it says "thread" means a thread was started; "done" means list/thread was completed:
Checklist of initials with spaces instead of periods is
A K thru A M done at http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
B A thru B J done at http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
B K thru B Z need threads created or librarians editing
C R thru C Z need threads created or librarians editing
D a done at http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
Db thru d j done at http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
D k thru d z need threads created or librarians editing
E A thru E D done at http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
E E thru E Z need threads created or librarians editing
F done at http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
G A thru G Nter done at http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
G Nter thru G Z done at http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
H A thru H H done at http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
H I thru H M need threads created or librarians editing
H N thru H Z need threads created or librarians editing
I done at http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
J need threads created or librarians editing
K need threads created or librarians editing
L need threads created or librarians editing
M need threads created or librarians editing
N need threads created or librarians editing
O need threads created or librarians editing
P need threads created or librarians editing
Q need threads created or librarians editing
R need threads created or librarians editing
S need threads created or librarians editing
T need threads created or librarians editing
U need threads created or librarians editing
V need threads created or librarians editing
W need threads created or librarians editing
X need threads created or librarians editing
Y need threads created or librarians editing
Z need threads created or librarians editing
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Checklist of initials with periods but also with stray space between:
A. On A. Thru D.L doneat http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
A.M. thru A.Z. doneat http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
B. A. thru B. L. on A. Thru D.L. thread at http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
B. M. thru B. Z. need threads created or librarians editing
C. Thread done at http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1... but also on a. Thru D.L. Thread
D. A. thru D. L. on the A. Thru D.L. thread
D. M. thru D. Z. need threads created or librarians editing
E. need threads created or librarians editing
F.a.-F.l. done at http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
F.m.-f.p done at http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
F.Q.-F.Z. done at http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
G. need threads created or librarians editing
H. need threads created or librarians editing
I. need threads created or librarians editing
J. need threads created or librarians editing
K. need threads created or librarians editing
L. need threads created or librarians editing
M. need threads created or librarians editing
N. need threads created or librarians editing
O. need threads created or librarians editing
P. need threads created or librarians editing
Q. need threads created or librarians editing
R. need threads created or librarians editing
S. need threads created or librarians editing
T. need threads created or librarians editing
U. need threads created or librarians editing
V. need threads created or librarians editing
W. need threads created or librarians editing
X. need threads created or librarians editing
Y. need threads created or librarians editing
Z. need threads created or librarians editing
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Taking a stab at some common first names:
Andrea done
Andrew done
Angel done
Anita done
Ann done
Anne done
Ben done
Benjamin done
Beverly, bev, beverley done
Bill done
Bob done
Brian done
Carl done
Charles A done
Charles b done
Charles c done
Charles d done at http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
Charles E thru Charles Z need threads created or librarians editing
David A done
David B done
David C done
David D & E done
David M done
David F to David L and David N to David Z need threads created or librarians editing
Douglas A thru Douglas P thread at http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
Douglas Q thru Douglas Z needs creating or editing by librarians
Richard a done
Richard b done
Richard C done
Richard d thru Richard Z need threads created or librarians editing
More common first names with periodless middle initials need threads created or librarians editing
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On existing threads I made, I'll continue editing my messages to note completed ones so hopefully librarians aren't wasting time editing completed items; less because I was interested in project past the first weekend than as a courtesy because only the OP can edit titles and own messages.
I'm looking for a workable system that will mean that no one of us is working too hard. If by listing it gets the job done quicker, then I'm hoping for that.I was just editing straight from the lists, but sometimes it takes a lot longer.
One possible idea is to split the taskforce into letters/names? May be a way of getting them done quickly. But it's too much for one to do.
The other thought I had on a wildhair was that maybe librarians could sporadically take a look at author profiles using "add book/author" for their own first name and initials. Or using regular search, look at their own last names. Could spread it out …
Debbie O'Neal wrote: "The other thought I had on a wildhair was that maybe librarians could take a look at author profiles using "add book/author" for their own first name and initials. Or using regular search, look at their own last names. Could spread it out …"That's certainly another thought for attacking the endless lists of names! But the workload needs spreading out as otherwise, between us, we'll spend half our lives creating and editing lists!
I guess I just don"t understand. Why not just edit from "add book/author" instead of listing then editing? Seems should be quicker for a librarian to (1) just click author name from "add book/author" results (opens profile in new browser tab for editing) than to (2) click "add" to put in message, enter key for new line, re-hit "add book/author" and repeat until desired number of authors listed in message, post, then same librarian or another librarian clicks each name in posted message to open in same new tab as you would have gotten by just doing (1) to start with.As a non-librarian, I was listing because I had to in order to request a librarian to edit. As a librarian, you can just edit. (Goes back in corner quietly until needs to mark more as completed on own posts)
Oh, it's because of all the extra work that goes into checking each author, the connected authors, the merging of books... It seems to be a never ending task and I thought it might be quicker if I got others to help...I guess, as another try, might see if others are willing to do the "direct editing" thing, rather than relying on the lists, as if we all do that it would work faster...
How many people work on your posts?
I'm looking to do a bit each day, but the amount of work that needs doing seems to be endless currently.
9-11 done
Z-squared wrote: "9-11 done"Thanks for the help! :)
I've been updating message 35 as existing threads are completed; I'm not starting any new threads so anyone else feel free. The non-standard authors alphabetically not already on a thread are likely the ones most needing help.(although probably duplicating an existing thread, like the two multiple "A" initial threads, will just generate a lot of author profiles that have no books, there are always new books continuously being added to goodreads database).
Maybe post here as anyone starts a new thread so six people don't all start "S"author profile lists or something?
May I suggest posting the info in message 35 as a thread on its own, and maybe ask that it be made sticky. Also put a current date on the end of completed correction threads to show when they were done?
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This is a list for authors with an A initial that need correcting to the standard GR format, for example: A^A, A^A^, A^A., A.^A^, A.^A. More will be added as I go along.
Paraphrasing Debbie:
"Most likely periods need to be added - if editing involves goodreads authors they should be cross-posted to staff merge thread or if no books/fans they can be skipped to be removed by auto-sweep. Might also be a data import glitch where a diacritic (like á, ô, ü type of characters) was replaced with a space (policy on initials at http://www.goodreads.com/help/show/60... which says:
* There should be a period after each initial.
* There should be no spaces between consecutive initials.
* There should be one space (excepting disambiguation) between an initial and a non-initial."
Another thing to watch out for are where author names look like they could be in the wrong order, for example: A Kelly Laura, when the name should actually be Laura A. Kelly.
Also, if a name appears too long with lots of initials in, it could be possible that it is multiple authors entered under one profile.