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Please delete this book! (pt. 6)
I deleted it, but first I combined it with the other editions. Even though it appeared to have no ratings/reviews/shelvings, it's a good precaution.


http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/72...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76...

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

Eva, Next time please include the link to the book's page and not the book's edit page. Thanks very much!


Ack!!!! So sorry Melody and everybody. Melody, Do you remember enough so that you/I could recreate it???? It wouldn't bring back that edition to the members' shelves but at least it would be there if/when they searched.



Here's what I found in case anyone can fix besides myself:
Lisa Vegan updated the book Wise Blood: A Novel by Flannery O'Connor
edition: Deleted edition id=2310997 title=Wise Blood isbn=0000001234, merged 23 reviews
19 minutes ago (#2537699)
I'll also look up the book and see if I can find an edition not in the database with a publisher that begins with Har (but it may not be until tomorrow.)

That's the list of 1990's versions of "Wise Blood." Maybe that will help you find the details you need?





Can somebody delete this book, because it doesn't exist. The novel is called 'Independent People', not 'Ordinary People', and this is a completely made up publication, even though quite a few people seem to have enjoyed it.
I got it, but first I combined it with the real book. That way the 9 review/ratings moved over to it, instead of being lost.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63...
and
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63...
both were showing only 1 rating but GR wouldn't let me delete.
I got the first; someone else got the second.
Sandra wrote: "both were showing only 1 rating but GR wouldn't let me delete."
Because they were not combined with anything else.
Sandra wrote: "both were showing only 1 rating but GR wouldn't let me delete."
Because they were not combined with anything else.

Melody, and All,
Yes, I don't usually ever delete an edition if I see someone has bothered to add a publisher or a date (before 2007, which could just be the year the member manually added it) or any other specific information such as a cover. I didn't notice those. (Obviously, I should not do this work when I'm overly frazzled. I hate it when my editions are deleted so I'm usually very careful.)
Well, I can't find a valid edition that fits.
Jessica,
You said this was a manual adder? Could you either post or send me a pm with a link to their profile please? I will message them if they accept messages and ask about their edition and try to get it back in the database if it's a real edition.
Thanks!
And if anyone has better luck than me, feel free to add it back. It won't help the 23 people who put it on their shelves, but at least it will be available for switching editions if/when they notice.
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message 881: by Jessica 18 hours, 27 min ago
Thanks Lisa! Can someone also delete this? This user had added another book with a madeup ISBN (000000000123), but this one has too many adds.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23109...
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message 882: by ♥Eva♥ 17 hours, 4 min ago
Can this go?
http://www.goodreads.com/book/edit/79582...
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message 883: by Lisa 16 hours, 42 min ago
The last 2 are gone.
Eva, Next time please include the link to the book's page and not the book's edit page. Thanks very much!
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message 884: by Melody 16 hours, 40 min ago
Lisa - the Wise blood was a specific edition - it was a 1990 edition with a specific publisher - you must have deleted it before I could comment.
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message 885: by Lisa 16 hours, 30 min ago
Melody wrote: "Lisa - the Wise blood was a specific edition - it was a 1990 edition with a specific publisher - you must have deleted it before I could comment. "
Ack!!!! So sorry Melody and everybody. Melody, Do you remember enough so that you/I could recreate it???? It wouldn't bring back that edition to the members' shelves but at least it would be there if/when they searched.
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message 886: by Melody 16 hours, 28 min ago
No - I was looking at it and it disappeared. I think you can look at your edits and undo you most recent ones. The publisher started with an Har.... somthing.
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message 887: by Lisa 16 hours, 26 min ago
Melody, I'll check. I'm not sure we can undo deletes although I know we can undo edits to editions/books. I may be able to go through my history and recreate. I'll do my best to undo/fix.
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message 888: by Lisa 16 hours, 20 min ago
I found the edit but for some reason I'm not finding any undos for any edits. Where is that feature?!
Here's what I found in case anyone can fix besides myself:
Lisa Vegan updated the book Wise Blood: A Novel by Flannery O'Connor
edition: Deleted edition id=2310997 title=Wise Blood isbn=0000001234, merged 23 reviews
19 minutes ago (#2537699)
I'll also look up the book and see if I can find an edition not in the database with a publisher that begins with Har (but it may not be until tomorrow.)
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message 889: by Ralph 16 hours, 14 min ago
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3507876/edi...
That's the list of 1990's versions of "Wise Blood." Maybe that will help you find the details you need?
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message 890: by Lisa 16 hours, 10 min ago
Thanks, Ralph!
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message 891: by Melody 16 hours, 9 min ago
I looked it World Cat and none of the 1990 editions have a publisher that began with Har. Maybe it was an erroneous edition after all.
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message 892: by Lisa 16 hours, 6 min ago
Melody, Well, tomorrow I have some time to do some research. I'll try to make sure. It looked wrong to me but I trust your eyes and judgement so I'll see if I can tell if I need to try to correct any mistake I made.
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message 893: by Jessica 15 hours, 57 min ago
Oh geez, I just realized that you guys are discussing the one that I asked to have deleted. Are you guys super sure that was a real edition? The other one I deleted by that user had some poor info, along with a similar ISBN.
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message 894: by Melody 15 hours, 50 min ago
No - I'm not sure - I had just started looking at it and saw that it had a different published date and a different publisher than the other listed editions. Then when clicked to look at all editions - it was gone.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76..."
Lee, I combined and merged that one. (Please do make sure that they're combined properly before posting them for deletion!)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52...


Thanks anyway Jessica. Well, I'm not sure if I made an error (I didn't notice the year or publisher; if there was, which I guess there was, and I'd seen it, I wouldn't have deleted the edition.)
This one might have to be chalked up to one of my mistakes. It's not my first one. I like to think I've made very few and I hope that's the case.
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I'm new as a librarian, so I'm not sure if I can do it myself or if I need a super.