Please edit or correct or delete this quote. (part 5)

[Amit]

Please edit the following quote:
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8942...

The quote should be as below:
“If you play just to stay healthy and not to win, by all means, keep playing.”

[Arenda]

#461 done

[Renske]

463 Deleted, it had zero likes.

[Alexandra]

Please edit this quote as I attributed it to the wrong book: https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes...

The correct book title is this one: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

Thank you.

[Arenda]

#465 done
The book you linked is an edition of: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... and that is the one that had to be chosen in the dropdown.

[Hippie Shawn]

A quote having zero likes does not justify its deletion. That actually makes no sense at all. This is a poor reason to have a quote deleted.

[Abcdarian]

Shawn wrote: "A quote having zero likes does not justify its deletion. That actually makes no sense at all. This is a poor reason to have a quote deleted."

That is not the reason for deleting it, it is the reason we librarians are allowed to delete it when requested.

[Hippie Shawn]

It still doesn't make sense though. I have added some quotes to my list that I happen to really enjoy, but they weren't in existence within the system when I tried finding them, so I needed to create them on my own. These quotes are from the book, but I guess no one bothered creating them or some people deemed them as not being that important. It doesn't mean that it should all of a sudden be allowed to be deleted just because it didn't happen to have at least one like.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Librarians don't go around deleting quotes with zero likes for no reason. When the author and/or the person who added them asks for the deletion, we do it -- but if and only if no one else has liked them.

[Hippie Shawn]

How do you know that the person who asks for a quote to be deleted was actually the person to add it?

[rivka, Former Moderator]

The edit page of a quote shows who added it.

[A.Y.]

Hi, I need quotes 3 & 4 to be deleted from my page. I found errors and repetition in posts. Thank you.

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quot...

[Balso]

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

In the 'about' section, the last 2 blurbs say 'Yuu Seki' when they should say 'Gary J. Shipley'. Could someone please correct. Thank you.

[Arenda]

#473 merged both duplicate quotes into their matching ones

[Arenda]

#474 This request has nothing to do with quotes. Please use the folder "Book Issues" when you need help correcting a book description.

That said, the description only contained praise/reviews about the book, which is not allowed, so deleted.
Also corrected the truncated isbn13.

[Hippie Shawn]

I was wondering if someone could please attribute the following quote to Jean-Paul Sartre's Novel, Nausea, since this is where the quote originates from. It is a very famous quote, but it doesn't appear under quotes from Nausea, even though this quote is from the novel. Thank you.

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7914...

[Renske]

477 Book added to quote

[Nabil]

Hi, Can someone please help me to edit my quote, i misspelled the word Visionary, i typed is as Visionery, and please delete the repeated word "And"

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9031...

Please please help me

[Renske]

479 I made the edit, but saw then there are no books on the profile. Is there a book that should be listed? Because without a book it is very unlikely your quotes can stay.
These two profiles are also yours? https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... and https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

[Lune]

Hi Goodreads librarian - can you please help with two things:
 
A) Please associate the 17 quotes on this page to the book "On Writing Wonderfully."
 
https://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8...
 
B) Make minor corrections to following 9 quotes (to make them just as they are in the book)
1) From
A writer gets to live yet another life every time she creates a new story.
To
A writer gets to live yet another life every time he or she creates a new story.
2) From
Be a good reader first, if you wish to become a good writer.
To
Be a good reader first if you wish to become a good writer.
3) From
Tell a story in lesser and simpler words.
To
Tell a story in fewer and simpler words.
4) From
The good writing ideas don’t have to be about political turmoil, mass killings, capitalism, racism, injustice, etc. Find that one idea that has deep roots in your heart.
To
Good writing ideas don’t have to be about political turmoil, mass killings, capitalism, racism, injustice, and so on. Find that one idea that has deep roots in your heart.
5) From
Create a world in front of your readers where they can taste, smell, touch, hear, see, and move. Else they are likely going to move on to another book.
To
Create a world in front of your readers where they can taste, smell, touch, hear, see, and move. Or else they are likely going to move on to another book.
6) From
As you become a better writer, the writing becomes more difficult. You toil harder to tell a story in a lesser number of words.
To
As you become a better writer, the writing becomes more difficult. You toil harder to tell a story in a smaller number of words.
7) From
A writer can do without food for a few hours, but not without the sight of books.
To
A writer can do without food for a few hours but not without the sight of books.
8) From
If you think there is no time to write now, there would never be.
To
If you think there is no time to write now, there will never be.
9) From
Cliches are the viruses that infect your writing with diseases.
To
Clichés are the viruses that infect your writing with diseases.

[Lune]

Dear all - can anyone please help with my earlier request? That will help correct the quotes to how they are in the book.

[Neither]

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9055...

The quote linked above is from 'The Sound and the Fury' by Faulkner, linked below. Please add it. Thank you!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

[Renske]

481 Done

[Bruno]

Could you please delete this extra quotation? It has an error. Not knowing better, I posted a second, corrected quotation. So now there are two nearly identical quotations.

Incorrect: "and pouring the holes" should be "and pouring through the holes":
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9055...

Corrected:
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9055...

[☕ Lachgas ♿]

#483 deleted it as it had no likes :)

[Arenda]

#485484 done (numbering was changed)

[J.]

On my book page, a reader added a couple of quotes: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

However, in both quotes, there is an extra dangling word at the end of each quote. ("He" and "The"). It just looks like a bit of sloppy copy-pasting. Is it possible to clean this?

[Arenda]

#486 done: https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes...

[Jamie]

Small thing--missing the period after "casting a vote by sending a glance"

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9086...

Thank you for your help!

[Abcdarian]

#488: Period added. That's a very long quote.

[Jamie]

Abcdarian wrote: "#488: Period added. That's a very long quote."

Thank you! I had to...it is a perfect summation of the concept of history :)

[Abcdarian]

#490: True enough!

[Lina]

Hi, can you please delete this quote
https://www.goodreads.com/author/quot...
Thank you!! L.K.L

[Kenan]

Hey Goodreads librarians,

Could you please perform a quick formatting update on this quote: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9096389 ? The last "you" should be in italics, i.e. "not the man you think you are".

Thanks!

[Arenda]

#492 That quote has likes. Quotes with likes will not be deleted.
#493 done

[Hugo]

Tom wrote: "Why is this quote attributed to Joan Powers:
“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.” (https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/3026-..."

#495 - Powers is the credited 'writer' (likely the compiler or editor of Pooh's Little Instruction Book); that quote is, underneath, Tagged as 'misattributed' and properly credits A A Milne.

[Hugo]

Tom wrote: "It's not really good enough, though, is it? It still appears on the site as a Jean Powers' quote. It should be removed (as a Jean Powers' quote) rather than just tagged 'misattributed'. It's misleading, and morally wrong to continue to have it shown as a quote by Jean Powers"

Sorry, Tom, but the quote is Tagged as misattributed and is linked, on the right-hand column, to the book by Milne. Further, Librarians aren't able to delete Quotes which have Likes, and this one has 22225.

[Hugo]

Tom wrote: "Perhaps you'd like to think about it as if you were the author. Would you like your original work attributed to someone else?"

What I or any other Librarian may think about the issue is neither here nor there - we are constrained by rules and guidelines clearly set out for us, and are literally unable to delete Quotes which have Likes. I'm glad you were able to find some resolution to what was obviously a contentious issue for you.

[Hugo]

I'm sorry you feel patronised, Tom. I was merely hoping that this thread had ended satisfactorily for you.

Yes, "Goodreads Librarians generally take care of correcting quotes." However, again, standard Librarians cannot delete Quotes which have Likes, which is why we were unable to assist in this instance. Generally, we would try to.

Thank you for posting.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Nothing needed to be deleted, just edited.

However, a quote with that many likes probably would have required a superlibrarian to edit.

[Banjomike]

rivka wrote: "Nothing needed to be deleted, just edited.

However, a quote with that many likes probably would have required a superlibrarian to edit."

Now that this quote has been "officially" edited by an Employee does that mean it is now "officially" attributed to A.A. Milne? At least so far as Goodreads is concerned?

Personally, I quite like the offending quotation, BUT it is NOT by A.A. Milne.

I set the author to Joan Powers because the more accurate attributions Anonymous and Unknown are both frowned upon and rightly so since they appear to be used as a dumping ground for those who cannot or will not check their sources. I also added the "misattributed-a-a-milne" tag.

The nearest that Milne got to writing that quotation:
"If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you."

was this passage from the very last page of The House at Pooh Corner:

“Pooh, promise you won’t forget about me, ever. Not even when I’m a hundred.”
Pooh thought for a little.
“How old shall I be then?”
“Ninety-nine.”
Pooh nodded.
“I promise,” he said.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

If you have concerns about edits done by Goodreads staff, please use the Contact Us link.

[Banjomike]

rivka wrote: "If you have concerns about edits done by Goodreads staff, please use the Contact Us link."

Just done that.

EDIT: fixed by support and got a reply within an hour. Yay.

[Brandy]

hi, can someone please delete this quote, thanks!

https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes...

[Arenda]

#507 done (since there were no likes)

[V.S.]

Hello! I just added a quote from the book White Plains by David Hicks. However, it put the quote under a different David Hicks: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show.... The quote should go under this David Hicks, who wrote White Plains: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Help in categorizing it under the correct David Hicks would be much appreciated! Thanks!

[Arenda]

#509 Corrected the author on the quote: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9109...

Next time, please link to the quote

[Pradipa]

Hello!

Sorry, I want to request another edit to quote I added. It's this one: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9100...

Instead of the mess it is, it should've been:

[Martin] Luther, we grant, overcame bondage out of devotion by replacing it by bondage out of conviction. He shattered faith in authority because he restored the authority of faith. He turned priests into laymen because he turned laymen into priests. He freed man from outer religiosity because he made religiosity the inner man. He freed the body from chains because he enchained the heart.

Thanks before. :)

[Pradipa]

Dang. Can't believe I made exactly another mistake.

This quote: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9111...

Between these two categories for thousands of years where were no common meeting-points.

should be

Between these two categories for thousands of years there were no common meeting-points.

Sorry for the trouble!

[Koenraad]

#511-512 done