Should this exist in the database? If not, where to merge?

[David]

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Ebook and paperback editions of an individual comics without ISBN.
I am not sure what would be the correct merge target (if there is one at all) as I don't know what the content is. The cover is similar to Meer-Katz but I am quite certain it is not identical in content - most importantly, the title is missing from the cover.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

They get deleted. Comics without an ASIN or ISBN do not belong in the database.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[David]

The problem is how to do it when the merge target is unclear.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

David wrote: "The problem is how to do it when the merge target is unclear."

Just delete them via the "delete this book" option on the edit page.

[David]

To make things slightly more complicated, I found this:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...
These comics seem to have an ISBN

[David]

Of course, not having a clear merge target, I can't delete the last edition. Can a superlibrarian/staff address this please? Or maybe someone can suggest a proper merge target.

[lethe]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "David wrote: "The problem is how to do it when the merge target is unclear."

Just delete them via the "delete this book" option on the edit page."

I don't think (hope) regular librarians can do that?? The link appears grey to me. And I've only ever seen one or two supers delete books without merging, the rest leave it to staff.

[☕ Lachgas ♿]

but the delete link is always grey lethe :) (there's no difference if there's a target to merge or not as far as I know, just the normal librarians can only delete if less than 5 ratings/x shelvings rule)

[lethe]

Lol, I had forgotten that about the grey link :D

If there is no target to merge, only supers and staff can delete though, regardless of shelvings. In that case we regular librarians will always get the error message "too many shelvings", even if there aren't any.

[David]

Hence my request at #6

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Lachgas wrote: "but the delete link is always grey lethe :) (there's no difference if there's a target to merge or not as far as I know, just the normal librarians can only delete if less than 5 ratings/x shelving..."

Yes, I think that is true, however, perhaps Rivka can clarify.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

lethe wrote: "If there is no target to merge, only supers and staff can delete though, regardless of shelvings. In that case we regular librarians will always get the error message "too many shelvings", even if there aren't any."

Librarians can delete completely a book with zero shelvings.

[David]

rivka wrote: "Librarians can delete completely a book with zero shelvings."
Good to know. This one, however, has 5 shelvings. Can you please delete it?

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Deletion pending.