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Policies & Practices > Adding death date for a Goodreads Author

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message 1: by Roberta (new)

Roberta  | 90 comments Goodreads Author Dr. Michael Palmer died yesterday according to this article in the Boston Globe. Who can add his death date to his profile?


message 2: by Moloch (last edited Nov 07, 2013 02:04PM) (new)

Moloch | 3975 comments Only the staff, I guess: but the Author Program is only for living authors, so they will change it back to a "normal" profile

(Correct, GR?)


message 3: by Banjomike (new)

Banjomike | 5166 comments Moloch wrote: "Only the staff, I guess: but the Author Program is only for living authors, so they will change it back to a "normal" profile

(Correct, GR?)"


We used to be able to add them to the "Goodreads Author profiles needing merging BY GR STAFF" thread but the latest version doesn't allow that so contacting support would be the way to go.


message 4: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
It has been passed along to the relevant staff.


message 5: by Roberta (last edited Nov 07, 2013 06:01PM) (new)

Roberta  | 90 comments "...so contacting support would be the way to go. "

I asked here only because the error message said to.

[x] Sorry, this author is on Goodreads and is responsible for editing their own data. If you see a typo or other error, you may want to report it in the Goodreads Librarians Group.


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