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Please delete this book! (pt. 6)
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I said that I had gotten it. That's what I meant.
The other issues are caching-related and will clear up on their own in 48 hours or so.
Kal9k wrote: "I'm sorry I'm a little slow with this..."No, asking questions is great!
"But what does that mean "added x times" - added to someone's list? And now the rules are that it has to be 5 or less for regular folks to delete a duplicate?"
"Added" means "shelved" -- there's sometimes a confusion between the number of people who've given a star rating to a book and the number of people who've put a book on their shelves without rating it, but for deletion purposes, shelved five times with or without star rating means that you'll need to ask here for a super to delete it.
"For example, at the above link for the book, you can still see links for the "other edition" (like people's "review for other edition" and also in the sidebar) - which was the duplicate and deleted, and now only lead to a page that says "oops we can't find this book." The same thing happens at the author's site (Tamara Allen) - under "books by Tamara Allen" when you click on "Downtime" it leads you to the dead site instead of to the newly merged book."
That's a caching issue because the book has only just been deleted. The links will catch up soon enough and they'll all point to the correct edition -- you don't need to do anything else. (It can be really confusing when you're trying to check that you've correctly merged editions! One thing that helps is to go to the combine editions page or the all works page for the author; those pages refresh on the server faster than the book pages and the author profile pages, so you'll be able to see your changes there right away.)
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Amen!
Thanks so much! Ha, I wasn't being very patient - I can't help myself - so I guess I was expecting immediate results! I should have realized that it would take some time to catch up.Thanks again!! :)
I tried to combine this book in order to delete this particular entry, but combine is not working.http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/72...
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Hi everyone, I'm not sure whether this has ever come up or not, but there's a listing for Cypess YA Fantasy #2 (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/67...) by Leah Cypess. The pub date is incorrect (should be 2011 not 2010), which I know I can fix. But I work for the publisher, and since this book is so far in the future and doesn't have a title yet, we'd prefer it not be listed at all yet.How do you handle things like this?
Martha, Members do add upcoming books, including those that don't have titles yet. (The Hunger Games Book Three). If you know the specific publication date, or even just that it will be published in 2011, please do correct the date. Deleting the book wouldn't do much good. Another member is likely to simply add it again. Why do you feel strongly about not having it listed? By the publication date it most likely will be on many members' shelves, and it seems to me that will be good for the book.
Lisa wrote: "Martha, Members do add upcoming books, including those that don't have titles yet. (The Hunger Games Book Three). If you know the specific publication date, or even just that it will..."Thanks for replying so fast! I'm not sure where the information came from in the first place, since it's not available through sources such as Amazon or B&N yet--and I'm concerned since it's partially incorrect information.
According to the books edit page, it came from Amazon Canada amazon.ca. I looked it up there, and they're offering it for pre-order already.
vicki, Thanks for checking. I had assumed a Goodreads member had added it. Martha, Whenever you see incorrect information, please correct it, or post in this group and ask another librarian to make the corrections.
These need a Super to delete pleasehttp://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18...
Thanks
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62...http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28...
Literary magazines should be deleted, yes?
This one should probably be deleted (I can't find the book anywhere, but there is an article in the NYT with that title, so I got the feeling that people didn't quite get that it wasn't the title of the book, and I merged it, but it has 19 ratings)
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Next time, please link to the book page, not its edit page. Thanks!
These books are same:http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59...
Sorry for disturbing you. I manage with these books.
Please delete the following 3 books. The author's name was spelt wrong, I corrected, combined but all have way too many ratings for me to delete. (Lotsa people can't spell)http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/71...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/71...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/71...
Please delete this bookhttp://www.goodreads.com/book/show/73...
It was the same book with this one (this edition use the right ISBN, but the previous has more reviews)
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/74...
I'm trying to delete one of its but failed because I'm not a Superlibrarian
Thanks before......
Sandra, The first listing and the last listing can't be deleted right now - getting the "unexpected error" message. Someone has deleted the 2nd listing. Asrina, I combined the listings and deleted one and combined them back with the other editions of Kiss Me, Annabel.
Thanks Melody, for trying. I sympathise with the "unexpectedness".
Can someone delete this book please. It was added with the author name incorrectly spelled by a user who also added it with the correct author spelling. I changed the spelling for the author and combined it with the other editions but it needs a superlibrarian to delete it. Thanks!http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62...
My message No. 745, Book 1 and Book 3 still need deleting by a Super, please.
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ZAP!
Please, don't fight over me, I'm sure I can find another one for you Lisa.
Sandra, Very funny. Thanks for the smile!ETA: Ah, I see we cross posted and Rivka beat me by a fraction of a minute.
Everyone needs a smile, especially on NYE, which it is here.:)
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But what does that mean "added x times" - added to someone's list? And now the rules are that it has to be 5 or less for regular folks to delete a duplicate?
Also, the book in question that I was trying to deal with -- "Downtime" by Tamara/James Allen -- I guess someone here deleted the duplicate like I wanted, but now there seems to be some other issues...
For example, at the above link for the book, you can still see links for the "other edition" (like people's "review for other edition" and also in the sidebar) - which was the duplicate and deleted, and now only lead to a page that says "oops we can't find this book." The same thing happens at the author's site (Tamara Allen) - under "books by Tamara Allen" when you click on "Downtime" it leads you to the dead site instead of to the newly merged book.
This is the first time I've done this, and I guess I assumed that when a duplicate of a combined copy was deleted/merged, then all the links for the two "editions" on goodreads would automatically refer to the newly merged copy.
Anyway, I guess I just don't understand what's going on with this book now or if I did something to screw it up or what to do to fix it...
So sorry for all the trouble, and I hope someone can help! :) Thanks so much.