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Issues with Quotes > Please edit or correct or delete this quote. (part 5)

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message 901: by Edward (new)

Edward Buckton (biblionautbuckton) | 14 comments Hello! Having a little trouble with this quote. It's from The Old Curiosity Shop, but whenever I submit it, the book doesn't appear - it's only attributed to Boz himself. Is it possible for someone to edit this for me, just so it stops driving me mad?

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1008...

Appreciate your time.


message 902: by Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ (last edited Dec 02, 2019 11:35AM) (new)

Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂  | 2277 comments Edward wrote: "Hello! Having a little trouble with this quote. It's from The Old Curiosity Shop, but whenever I submit it, the book doesn't appear - it's only attributed to Boz himself. Is it possible for someone..."

Done.

The options for the name of the book should appear after you type in the author name.

If this doesn't happen for you, you can report as a bug in the new help area or use the Contact Us link at the top of this group. :)


message 903: by Anna (last edited Dec 04, 2019 02:08AM) (new)

Anna (stfu) Could you please delete it? It hurts my eyes with all these extra spaces.

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1008...


message 904: by Emily (new)

Emily | 17452 comments #920 I have edited it to include spaces only between the paragraphs.


message 905: by chan (new)

chan (horizonous) | 19 comments I had some trouble adding a quote from Red Sister by Mark Lawrence because even after clicking "add a quote" on the site with all of the Red Sister quotes it wouldn't automatically fill in the author and the book.. I then tried to add the quote via this site, which - as you can see - works in terms of automatically filling in the right author but the quote is still linked to the faulty one..

Here's the quote: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1008...

Thanks for your help!


message 906: by Arenda (new)

Arenda | 26448 comments #992 Fixed: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1008...

When there are multiple authors with the same name, GR uses one or more extra spaces between first and last name in the author name. This Mark Lawrence has 2 spaces. Choosing the right author will show the book in the dropdown menu.
Unfortunately this is not obvious when adding a quote.


message 907: by chan (new)

chan (horizonous) | 19 comments Arenda wrote: "#992 Fixed: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1008...

When there are multiple authors with the same name, GR uses one or more extra spaces ..."


Thank you! Yes, I became aware of the extra spaces in the URL here: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/new?...
It's unfortunately not very user-friendly and I think it also creates more work for Goodreads Librarians..


message 908: by Arenda (new)

Arenda | 26448 comments ramona wrote: "Thank you! Yes, I became aware of the extra spaces in the URL here: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/new?...
It's unfortunately not very user-friendly"


You can suggest improvement to GR Support: https://www.goodreads.com/about/conta...

It's a quick fix for a Librarian, so don't worry about that. Thank you for reporting it.


message 909: by chan (new)

chan (horizonous) | 19 comments Good idea!

... until then I already have another request 🙈 Could you please link this quote (https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1008...) to The Priory of the Orange Tree? I don't know what happened, but my selection was deleted upon adding the quote.


message 910: by Arenda (new)

Arenda | 26448 comments #926 done


message 911: by Austin (new)

Austin Kennedy | 2 comments I accidentally added a quote that needs to be fixed. Could you please remove this quote starting with “On the scale of our human history, rituals like putting up Christmas trees, lighting menorahs, reading Hafiz, and baking rice dumplings are new. "


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


message 912: by Alona (new)

Alona Kovalenko | 4 comments Please delete this quote, I found a mistake.
Thank you.

https://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8...


message 913: by Emily (last edited Dec 15, 2019 05:14AM) (new)

Emily | 17452 comments #928-929 We prefer to edit quotes rather than delete them. What should the quotes say? Or did you already create a new one?


message 914: by Alona (last edited Dec 15, 2019 05:05AM) (new)

Alona Kovalenko | 4 comments Could you please change a word 'Поадрунки' for a word 'Подарунки' in the quote https://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8...


message 915: by Emily (new)

Emily | 17452 comments Alona wrote: "Could you please change a word 'Поадрунки' for a word 'Подарунки' in the quote https://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8...%..."
Hi Alona,
I have fixed the typo
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1009...


message 916: by Alona (new)

Alona Kovalenko | 4 comments Emily wrote: "Alona wrote: "Could you please change a word 'Поадрунки' for a word 'Подарунки' in the quote https://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8......"

Emily, thank you so much


message 917: by Alona (new)

Alona Kovalenko | 4 comments I unintentionally chose a wrong book for a quote. Could you please change The Shadow of the Wind for The Angel's Game.
Thank you
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1009...


message 918: by Arenda (new)

Arenda | 26448 comments #934 done


message 919: by Emily (new)

Emily | 17452 comments #936 It is easier to edit quotes than delete them. Did you need this one edited?


message 920: by Emily (new)

Emily | 17452 comments Tamara, please check it now.


message 921: by Marchesa (new)

Marchesa Schroeder | 3 comments Can you please delete the last two quotes on this page?

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

They are both wrong (The first one is obviously incorrect and The second one is like 7 quotes accidentally rolled into one)


message 922: by Emily (new)

Emily | 17452 comments #940 Marchesa, I have deleted those two. I accidentally deleted a different one, so I re-added it.


message 923: by Marchesa (new)

Marchesa Schroeder | 3 comments Thank you so much Emily!!! I added part of my Daily List in one of my quotes by accident (I copy/pasted) haha So I'm grateful you are here to help!

Deeply appreciative,

Marchesa


message 924: by Emily (new)

Emily | 17452 comments Marchesa, you're welcome! Hope you get everything done! :-)


message 925: by Marchesa (new)

Marchesa Schroeder | 3 comments Thank you Emily! Still learning about the "Goodreads" setup process (and apparently still learning how to copy/paste haha) but I'm truckin' along. Let me know what you think of Gladwell's new book!

- Marchesa


message 927: by Lu (new)

Lu | 601 comments #945 Done.


Ekim Gökçe ☁️ (gokcegrbz) | 7 comments https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9156...

Hello fellow librarians,
I can't find a single source if this quote really belongs to Yasar Kemal. Also, considering his syntax, it doesn't sound like something he'd write and the quote is too banal to be honest. I am sure that it is not his but I can't delete it since it has too many likes. But someone should be able to delete it.


message 929: by A Broken Zebra (new)

A Broken Zebra (thebrokenzebra) | 5 comments Please remove: This isn't an actual quote from the artist (Prince) and is, instead, the submitter's snarky response their death (and its outcomes).

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7616...


message 930: by Emily (last edited Jan 04, 2020 12:08PM) (new)

Emily | 17452 comments #947 This seems more like a "common saying" than an actual quote from anyone; I agree with you. It will disappear soon.

#948 That was an unfortunate response. I have deleted it.


message 931: by Bill (new)

Bill Peschel (bill_peschel) | 2 comments Please delete this spammy quote, thank you:

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9461...


message 932: by Emily (new)

Emily | 17452 comments #950 Quote with lots of personal information and spam deleted. That was posted as a comment as well, so I have flagged it as spam.


Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂  | 2277 comments Bill wrote: "Please delete this spammy quote, thank you:

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9461..."


Been deleted by someone.


message 934: by Shell S. (new)

Shell S. (xyllena) | 1 comments Hello. Today I tried to post a Josh Gondelman quote. The same quote accidentally got posted three separate times, sorry about that.

Could a Librarian please delete the first two iterations of the quote? (That would be the one about Lord of the Flies with *two* periods at the end by mistake, and the one that does NOT conclude with the additional sentence about reading being taboo and adult without breaking any rules.) Thanks!


message 935: by [deleted user] (new)

“Love isn't something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it is a practice.”

― Fromm, Eric, The Art of Loving

I cannot find this quote in Fromm's The Art of Loving—it should be deleted.


message 936: by Susan (new)

Susan Fowler (susanthesquark) | 4 comments The quote "“Motivation is the energy to act.”" on my profile is not mine. Can you please remove: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...


message 937: by JJ (last edited Jan 30, 2020 10:08PM) (new)

JJ Coetzer (yennorks) | 288 comments #955 done


message 938: by Catherine Wylie (new)

Catherine Wylie (wileycat) | 2 comments Can you please fix this quote I added by Eudora Welty. I deleted the quote and edited the word "appeared" and it still came out wrong. I am sure I checked it, though. Thank you!

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1015...


message 939: by Arenda (new)

Arenda | 26448 comments #957 corrected the word to "appeared"


message 940: by Emily (last edited Feb 07, 2020 03:31PM) (new)

Emily | 17452 comments Someone has deleted their post.

#956 Deleted a random praise quote
#957 Deleted obvious ad

#958 Not sure

#959 Has nothing to do with the author or book; ad deleted


message 941: by Luann (new)

Luann | 1 comments This looks to be a fake quote, please remove.

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


message 942: by Emily (new)

Emily | 17452 comments #961 someone did this

#958 skipped


message 943: by scherzo♫ (new)

scherzo♫ (pjreads) | 25 comments Please correct this quote: "by" should be "but"
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/sear...

"And it is very odd by those who see the changes--"

should be

"And it is very odd but those who see the changes--"

Thanks


message 944: by anolta (new)

anolta | 20 comments Please edit this quote:

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/15252

This is a widely spread misquote of the line "What did my fingers do before they held him?" from "Three Women: A Poem for Three Voices". You can check the quote in google books.

And please add "The Collected Poems" as the source.

Thank you!


message 945: by Nes (new)

Nes (nesprofile) | 14 comments Please delete this quote from Kafka's qoutations:

“Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.”
― Franz Kafka
tags: honesty, truth-telling, writing

this belongs to Anne Rice.


message 946: by Nes (new)

Nes (nesprofile) | 14 comments Nesrin wrote: "Please delete this quote from Kafka's qoutations:

“Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intens..."


Link below:
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/2018...


message 947: by JJ (new)

JJ Coetzer (yennorks) | 288 comments #967 Done


message 948: by Kristin (new)

Kristin | 52 comments Hello, can you please make the following changes to this quote:
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1016...

In paragraph 5, the second sentence needs a period at the end of it and not a comma.

In paragraph 5, the sixth sentence needs to read like this: "we got the take" instead of "we got to take".

Thank you!


message 949: by Malebo (new)

Malebo Sephodi (malebosephodi) | 10 comments Hi, I have a couple of quotes to delete/fix. My assistant ran my page and in some instances misquoted me. Some quotes are riddled with grammatical errors. How do I do this?


message 950: by JJ (new)

JJ Coetzer (yennorks) | 288 comments Malebo wrote: "Hi, I have a couple of quotes to delete/fix. My assistant ran my page and in some instances misquoted me. Some quotes are riddled with grammatical errors. How do I do this?"

Just add link and correction that needs to be done


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