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[rivka, Former Moderator]

New thread!

Shiny!

[Cynthia]

Yay!

I combined 3 copies of this book, and was able to delete one of the two with no ISBNs - but now the other no-ISBN version is showing as primary, and I can't delete it.

Thanks!

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Zap!

[Reid]

rivka wrote: "New thread!

Shiny!"

Looks nice! Hey, from part 5: excuse my ignorance, but what's API?

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Goodreads' API
Definition

[Reid]

rivka wrote: "Goodreads' API
Definition"
Thanks, I understand what API is now, I appreciate the info. Not to belabor the point, but you said something about using the API to import from Amazon; is that just a superlibrarian function? (I'm assuming you use Amazon's API and not GRs, is that right?)

[rivka, Former Moderator]

No, it's something Goodreads is set up to do any time someone searches for a book not currently in the GR database.


Reid wrote: "I'm assuming you use Amazon's API and not GRs, is that right?"

Correct. I was too lazy to find Amazon's API page. ;)

[Reid]

rivka wrote: "No, it's something Goodreads is set up to do any time someone searches for a book not currently in the GR database.


Reid wrote: "I'm assuming you use Amazon's API and not GRs, is that right?"

Co..."

Got it!

[Cynthia]

Actually, that reminds me of a question I had - can we automatically add books from other sources? Say, Worldcat?

Thanks!
Cyn

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Amazon and Feedbooks. But most things on WorldCat are also on Amazon.

[Speakercoret]

please superlibrarian delete this book http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60...
it's has no rating, but i can't delete it. maybe because it has two reviews?
I'm sure it is the same book with http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18...


thanks before

[Cynthia]

Thanks, Rivka. I hadn't ever seen Feedbooks before. I just acquired an upgraded, new-to-me PDA that's much nicer for reading ebooks than my old one, so I'm especially tickled!

(Will now stop the off-topic posts here)

[Melody]

Speakercoret - got it.

[[deleted user]]

these two were already combined with the correct one, so please delete:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63...

[Melody]

Got them Ronny.

[JG (Introverted Reader)]

Please delete this one and re-combine with Flickan som lekte med elden. Thanks!

[Melody]

took care of it

[rivka, Former Moderator]

That was an odd one. Gone.

[Melody]

You have to first make sure that it is combined with the other editions. Then the reviews will merge. I will delete it for you. And it's not a dumb question. :-)

[Melody]

It had been added by 4 people (I think put on their to read list)

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Which is a good reminder: try not to delete a book without combining it with a valid edition first, even if it appears to have no reviews.

[Sherry]

Please delete these (I have merge the authors and these have no ISBN's)
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79447
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53...

Thanks.

[Sherry]

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...
Needs a SU. Thanks.

[Lisa]

I got the first three. (One had a 1981 date for original 1980 and perhaps I should have left it, but it was otherwise a completely blank edition and I'm assuming that person figured they'd read the paperback/read it a year after publication. If I were in a different mode I might have left it or messaged the person, but by 1981 there should have been some more info on the edition page.



Sherry, What's an SU? (re your last post)

[Melody]

I think it's super user. super librarian.

[Lisa]

Ah, Thanks Melody. Sherry, That last one is gone too.

[Sherry]

Thanks!

[Paula]

Can some one take a look at these. They look to be links to Software programes added by
http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/19...

under author:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
They need a super to delete please

[Melody]

They should all go - and the user should be reported to Goodreads.

[Melody]

I deleted the books and the authors. Paula - will you send a link to Goodreads (the contact us link at the bottom of the page) asking them to delete him?

[rivka, Former Moderator]

No need. I'll zap him.

[Paula]

Great, thanks rivka as there seems to be an issue with the contact us link at the mo

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Is there!? That's not good.

Hmm. I just tested it and it worked fine.

If you're still having trouble with it, email support AT goodreads DOT com.

[Steven]

I can't delete this calendar:

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48...

I get this message: "Only super-librarians can delete books with so many reviews."

Any super-librarians available to help?

[Melody]

It doesn't need to be deleted (it will just come back since it has an ISBN number). It is set as Not A Book so people won't mistake it for a book and add it to their shelf. Nothing more needs to be done with it.

Edit: I deleted it and was going to add it back - but it stayed deleted - so - it's gone now.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Sometimes NABs do stay gone, especially if they are no longer listed on Amazon.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

No, that one should NOT be deleted. I'm not sure why someone removed the ISBN's (I restored them), but that's the Canadian edition of the book.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

I noticed it had been created by amazon.ca and got suspicious. So I checked the logs.

[JG (Introverted Reader)]

Delete this please. Thanks!

[Melody]

Got it JG

[Susanna]

Please delete.

[Melody]

gone

[Foppe]

please delete this, as it appears to be a very popular, but very pointlessly created, entry for the fagles translation of the Odyssey

[Cait]

I've deleted it and merged the reviews with the most popular Fagles translation.

[Paula]

Please delete this link to software

I will flag the user account using the Contact us

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63...

User
http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/22...

[Lisa]

Paula, The software is gone. The user might need a pm to explain that only books are to be entered into the Goodreads database.

[Paula]

I think it is a dummy user - last one of these I found rivka deleted the profile

[Lisa]

Ah, Thanks Paula. I guess Goodreads will delete the profile then. Thanks for noticing.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Scummy spammers.

[Paula]

nice !!!