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Elizabeth (Alaska)
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Aug 06, 2018 08:55AM
I'm glad we got Nina cleared up. Come back when you have another author to work on!
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#102 description changed and authors added to all 3 editions.
#105 done, authors added to all 4 editions, description including the list of titles/authors set as default.
Corinne - if you want to set this up for me, I'll get on it. (Stumbled across it working on the World Fantasy Awards.)https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
#108 is done.Fixed:
David Hoing = Dave Hoing
Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud
I had copied the contents from worldcat which had these differently than GR has them. Just noting in case we come across them again and happen to remember.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...Sinclair Lewis --
Pearl S. Buck --
W. Somerset Maugham --
Edna St. Vincent Millay --
John Galsworthy --
John Steinbeck --
William Faulkner --
Rudyard Kipling --
Louis Bromfield --
Ernest Hemingway --
Charles Dickens --
Willa Cather --
Mark Twain --
Aldous Huxley --
Guy de Maupassant --
C.S. Forester --
Ring Lardner --
Walter de la Mare --
James Thurber --
Robert Louis Stevenson --
H.G. Wells --
Margery Sharp --
Damon Runyon --
Frank Swinnerton --
James Gould Cozzens --
Fannie Hurst.
Corinne wrote: "Emy wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... // Contributors in description"I pulled them out of the desc for ease of adding for the next person but my good..."
Thank you! I'm about to head home so didn't have time to figure them out, sorry!
Emy wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...Contributors in description"
This one will take awhile, as the initials aren't the full author names carried on GR. But an interesting project, nonetheless.
#112 Done, first last names taken from cover on secondary edition.
Corinne wrote: "Andrew Davidson (not the default which is author of The Gargoyle)"Cover shows Avram Davidson.
Corinne wrote: "FYI msg 111 still needs to be done"
Thanks. It's the @#$@# notifications that only takes you to the most recent post by the same member, so I didn't even see it. (I've complained before, but apparently the developers don't think this is a problem.)
#114/#122Emy wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...List here:
http://www.randomhouse.com/highschool..."
Added authors to paperback default and to kindle edition, skipping Anonymous. They must have increased the number of authors allowed, because I was able to add all of them.
I think I've actually gotten all the requests in this one, but feel free to tell me I skipped one/some.
Wild JusticeJust spotted this on my way to bed. Looks like the contributors are listed in the description.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...contributors found here:
http://www.worldcat.org/title/flight-...
#135
#137 - Robert^^^^^^^^^Levy (9 spaces)
John^^Langyan
looks like someone is working on these
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "looks like someone is working on these"I was and they were changing before my eyes so I stopped lol
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Did you finish #140?"no, I can though. I needs some juggling.
Suzi wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Did you finish #140?"no, I can though. I needs some juggling."
OK. I know when I get interrupted, it's still easier for me than the next person. I'll work on #141.
Added contributors to default edition in #141.
Suzi wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "looks like someone is working on these"I was and they were changing before my eyes so I stopped lol"
at any rate #140 done
Suzi wrote: "the change log does now show anyone there making changes but me. But twice I have added an author. Saved it and gotten back in and the author is gone. This is weird."I add them all in one edit. Corinne gives us this nice listing so we can copy paste. I click the add author three times, copy three authors at once and edit the line. Rinse, repeat.
EDIT: After saving, I scan the list for any authors who are not GR authors, and check to make sure they've gone to a profile that looks like it is the right one. If/when I have a question, I make a note here. Corinne is familiar with these authors and can verify if I've added the right one, and if not, it's fresh and can be corrected.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Suzi wrote: "the change log does now show anyone there making changes but me. But twice I have added an author. Saved it and gotten back in and the author is gone. This is weird."I add them all i..."
My problem was that some authors were already there.
I added a couple that went in between the others and saved it to go back and move them up.
And one of them that I had just added was not there to move up.
So I added the name again and saved it and came back and it was gone again. Looked at the log and it was like it never happened.
But I finally added all of them at once and started moving them up one at a time. It worked.
The empty ones were an easy copy and paste though.
C. wrote: "tysm Elizabeth and Suzi I really appreciate it. I still hope the mod answers about how much is really necessary. I think adding to default only was a great idea Elizabeth."The problem with the one I added it to, is that edition is no longer listed on Amazon. :-(
I'm thinking I should also add to the paperback, where the ISBN is unlikely to be delisted.
C. wrote: "msg 14 RE: Maggie Clark: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
This is Maggie Clark on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... M.L. Clark
It's a..."
I missed checking this one - must have "wished" a Goodreads Author on her.
I will move this to the 3-space profile which doesn't currently exist.
OK, changed Maggie Clark to the 3-space profile. Also added aka Maggie L. Clark to that profile and further ID'd her with a science fiction genre. Hopefully, we'll be on track for her should she contribute to another anthology.EDIT: Sheesh! It might be good if I actually read what you wrote. OK, not only 3-space profile, but added the cross-reference to her Goodreads profile. If Rivka deems otherwise, we can just change the author listing on these 2 editions to the M.L. Clark profile.
C. wrote: "actually many of her books also have Maggie Clark on the cover."Not everything follows policy, I guess, but as I understand it, those should be on a Maggie Clark profile. There could be an M.L. Clark secondary author. But, like I said, if Rivka deems otherwise, this anthology can be easily moved.
C. wrote: "Okay thanks for taking a closer look. I'm going to write into support. I think the profile needs to be changed to Maggie L. Clark. I'll show supporting evidence and they can decide from there."Based on her ruling a few days ago, I think Maggie L. Clarke is the way to go.
see this thread
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Thanks, Corinne. Let us know.
Suzi wrote: "C. wrote: "Based on her ruling a few days ago, I think Maggie L. Clarke is the way to go."Only if the author wants it that way can the expanded name be used.
I can easily do it, but let's see what staff says first.
Mod
Yes, although I would say should, not could, as the author clearly wishes them to appear on her current profile.
Suzi wrote: "Based on her ruling a few days ago, I think Maggie L. Clarke is the way to go.
see this thread
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."
That was a conversation which included the author, and a suggestion of what they might wish to request. It is not something that should be done to an author's profile without any indication that they would prefer it.
rivka wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "those should be on a Maggie Clark profile. There could be an M.L. Clark secondary author."Yes, although I would say should, not could, as the author clearly wishes them to appear on her current profile."
Thanks, Rivka, for getting in here quickly. I can easily add her to the two editions with all of the contributors listed.
EDIT: And done!
I'll work on this.Rosarium Publishing names Carmelo Rafala first on their website, so I used him and combined.
Added contributors to both editions. So few, why not? And thanks for identifying Nick Wood as being the 4 space profile!
Done. Funny, I checked that on the other one - I wonder why not both?
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 2016 has two authors that may need a different/added author:
Rosemary Clare Smith (only entry)
Mark C. Childs (needs disambiguating)
I think Rosemary is a typo, but not sure where. Is it just a typo in that description? Or is she a typo in this one:Analog Science Fiction and Fact July/August 2017 where she is
Rosemary Claire Smith
Can you research for me? I can show her correctly in both and also with the typo in one if necessary.
Corinne wrote: "Elizabeth, I said Maggie^^^Clark (I could of swore I checked before I made my post) but I see now the proper profile has Maggie^^^^ClarkThe one you are adding them to (3 space) and this one (4 sp..."
Ha! This was the easiest of your posts! Done. Thanks for the clarification on Rosemary. And now that I've had a short nap, I'll get back to the others.
And further on Rosemary. I've found a contemporary listing of the April 2016 contents with her name spelled as Claire. It appears the typo is only in the GR description and I'll happily fix that without having to list her twice as an author.
Just a note: M.L.^^Clark, for future reference.
Corinne wrote: "RE: Mark C. Childs, besides the one in Msg 145He should get credit for these:
Leading Edge, Issue 68
Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2016
[book:The Martian Wave: 2..."
Could you please post this in a book issues thread for someone who loves disambiguation? thanks.
Fixed the spacing in #157.I think that likely isn't valid either, but added the space just in case.
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