Announcement: combine/separate/merge will be temporarily disabled

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Hi wonderful Goodreads Librarians!

Due to some site testing we will be running, the combine, separate, and delete/merge functions will temporarily be unavailable. This will start tomorrow in the early afternoon, and we expect them to be down for about a day.

Thanks for your understanding! Check back here for all related updates.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Will that affect the "add a new edition" which is an automatic combine?

[Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂]

rivka wrote: "Hi wonderful Goodreads Librarians!

Due to some site testing we will be running, the combine, separate, and delete/merge functions will temporarily be unavailable. This will start tomorrow in the e..."

Thanks for the heads up!

[☕ Lachgas ♿]

and "merge" means also author profile merges or only books?

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Will that affect the "add a new edition" which is an automatic combine?"

That does not actually involve a combine, so it should be unaffected. (The new addition is created as already being part of the work. It's not combined.)

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Lachgas wrote: "and "merge" means also author profile merges or only books?"

Only books.

[lethe]

Is that early afternoon California time?

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

rivka wrote: "Lachgas wrote: "and "merge" means also author profile merges or only books?"

Only books."

That's great news, thanks for asking and this answer!

[☕ Lachgas ♿]

rivka wrote: "Lachgas wrote: "and "merge" means also author profile merges or only books?"

Only books."

fine. thanks!

[☕ Lachgas ♿]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "rivka wrote: "Lachgas wrote: "and "merge" means also author profile merges or only books?"

Only books."

That's great news, thanks for asking and this answer!"

Still hope to get the Mr D's done some day and as merging is needed there the question just popped into my mind.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

And I assumed it included authors, so would not be working on my "1851" authors, and was thinking of a different project. I'll be happy to stay with that, whittling away at it.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

lethe wrote: "Is that early afternoon California time?"

Correct. So roughly the same time as when I posted today -- maybe a little bit earlier.

[lethe]

Thanks!

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Update: Everything should now be working as usual. Thanks for bearing with us!

[rivka, Former Moderator]

We need to run some additional testing. So the combine, separate, and delete/merge functions will again temporarily be unavailable. This will start tomorrow in the early afternoon (that is, roughly 24 hours from now), and we expect them to be down for about a day.

Thanks for your understanding! Check back here for all related updates.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Update: Today's testing ended early, and combine/separate/merge will be working again very soon. However, we need to run some additional testing tomorrow. So the combine, separate, and delete/merge functions will again temporarily be unavailable tomorrow, on about the same schedule as was planned for today.

Thanks for your understanding! Check back here for all related updates.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

As many of you have already noticed, these features are available again. Have at it!

[Jessica]

Thanks for the update.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

We will be taking down the combine, separate, and delete/merge functions temporarily again. Sorry for the short notice, but they will go down about 6 hours from now.

We'll let you know when they are back up.

[Dylan]

Combine, separate, and delete/merge functions have now been restored.

Thank you for your patience!