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Please edit or correct or delete this quote. (part 4)
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Please assign all quotes from https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes...
(a book ABOUT "Cat's Cradle" by Harold Bloom et al)
to
https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes...
("Cat's Cradle" by Vonnegut)
Thank you.
PS: Could this also be done by an ordinary librarian (i.e. me)? If so, how?
Michael wrote: "Please assign all quotes from https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes...
(a book ABOUT "Cat's Cradle" by Harold Bloom et al)
to
https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes...
("Cat's Cradle"..."
Done.
Try the "Edit Quote" option on the quote page.
Good morning :), could you delete my quote:https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7302...
Because I realize changing the world while sacrificing myself in the process isn't the better choice.
Hi guys, it is important that that quote be deleted. Thanks!
Andreas wrote: "Good morning :), could you delete my quote:https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7302...
Because I realize changing the world while sacrificing myself in the process isn't the better choice.
Andreas wrote: "Hi guys, it is important that that quote be deleted. Thanks!"
It has a 'like' so we wouldn't normally remove it. Does it need editing?
Oh. Nah, it's just by my very close friend, Charles. it seemed that he always liked my quotes. He's like my closest friend on goodreads. He'll understand.
I planned my quotes and blogs in advance. And this one was intended to be the grey area between what people believe and what the truth is (the truth being we cant define good or evil, as we can see on my latest blog). I didn't see any counter from people so this grey area is not useful anymore. Please delete it. For the sake of clarity and peace on earth, I'm sure that Charles my friend will understand.
Would it help if I ask Charles to unlike it?
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes need some merging/correction:https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1276... (Sartre Jean Paul) This listing for the author leads to a lot more quotes that may need to be merged
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/3179... (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Hello, I'm confused. Yesterday/earlier today, I was able to edit a quote to match the book text. When I just tried to edit a different quote from the same book, I wasn't given the option. I am a Goodreads Librarian. ???Anyway, this quote needs editing to say:
“It's all right," said Wolf. "You loved her. I would feel the same if someone wanted to erase Scarlet's identity and give it to Levana's army.And can you please add some tags? It's currently only tagged "wolf." It should also be tagged "love," "scarlet," "iko," "thorne," and "lunar-chronicles."
Scarlet stiffened, heat rushing into her cheeks. He certainly wasn't insinuating . . .
"Aaaaw," squealed Iko. "Did Wolf just say that he loves Scarlet? That's so cute!"
Scarlet cringed. "He did not--that wasn't--" She balled her fists against her sides. "Can we get back to these soldiers that are being rounded up, please?"
"Is she blushing? She sounds like she's blushing."
"She's blushing," Thorne confirmed, shuffling the cards. "Actually, Wolf is also looking a little flustered--"
THANK YOU!!!
EDIT/UPDATE: I think I may have just discovered why I can edit some but not other quotes. Am I correct that I canNOT edit those quotes that have over 500 likes? But under 500 I DO have permission to edit?
Mod
Correct. https://www.goodreads.com/help/show/1...
rivka wrote: "Jen wrote: "Am I correct that I canNOT edit those quotes that have over 500 likes? But under 500 I DO have permission to edit?"Correct. https://www.goodreads.com/help/show/1... "
Thanks for confirming, rivka! Will you be able to update the quote, as well? I see it hasn't been done yet. Thanks!
Some unique portable magic quotes need combining:https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/sear...
Which I'm getting ready to do, but a question about the Colfer quote that just quotes King...delete? Reattribute? Leave as is?
Edit: Ok. I can't combine because trying to look at all the King quotes just times out the page. Anyone want to tackle this?
Lesli wrote: "Some unique portable magic quotes need combining:https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/sear...
Which I'm getting ready to do, but a question about the Colfer quote that just quotes King...delete? Reattribute? Leave as is?"
Done.
The main King version is a QotD so we cannot combine into it. The other variants (added by people who don't know how a search engine works) are combined here but the number of likes has not been updated (a known bug):
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9906...
The one that said:
“BOOKS ARE A UNIQUELY PORTABLE MAGIC.” —STEPHEN KING”
― Chris Colfer, Beyond the Kingdoms
did need reattributing to Stephen King. This type of not-really-by-me quotation is getting more popular.
The separate "Love is a uniquely portable magic." is combined here
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/5487...
Could a super please combine these quotes: This quote https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/3153... is attributed to Frankl, but he is explicitly quoting Nietzsche:
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/137-...
The Frankl record should therefore be combined with that of Nietzsche, but both have too many likes for me to edit.
Also, the Nietzsche quote is from his book, Twilight of the Idols: https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/Fried...
Thanks
can someone delete this quote? someone tagged me in some kind of spam: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/...
Lissa wrote: "can someone delete this quote? someone tagged me in some kind of spam: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/..."No. The quote doesn't need deleting, it needs flagging to support so that they can delete the person who added the quote. I'll do it.
Edit: spammer deleted
I just checked and my request #776 still has not been done. Can a super-librarian please fix the quote? (And add the suggested tags?) Thank you!
Melody wrote: "Re: 784 - Done"Thank you so much! :-)
Hi! Im the author of the quotes linked below. Please delete all my quotes since they have some typos and errors. Thank you in advance!https://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8...
Please can someone remove the full stop from the following quote I've just added 'the blue of talking to him. and':https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7486...
Thanks for your help, sorry to be pedantic!
Re: #788 - please just delete this quote.Thanks
Robin wrote: "Please can someone remove the full stop from the following quote I've just added 'the blue of talking to him. and':https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7486..."
Done, and also another small edit. Not deleted; it is too good for that.
Several Shelby Foote quotes seem fractional and ought to be removed:https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/6658...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7198...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7473...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/6754...
Thanks! :)
Could someone correct the book that a one came from? I couldn't see the whole title in the drop down. This quote:https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7494890
Came from this book:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
The quotes at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quot... are all from my own book and I'd be grateful if you could simply delete all three. Thanks.
Richard wrote: "The quotes at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quot... are all from my own book and I'd be grateful if you could simply delete all three. Thanks."The first one has been liked so we keep it. The other two are gone.
Lauren wrote: "Could someone please delete the quotes I double-posted? I'd really appreciate it! They aren't from any books...Exact quote:
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7494..."
Both combined
Geoff wrote: "Could someone correct the book that a one came from? I couldn't see the whole title in the drop down. This quote:https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7494890
Came from this book:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...."
The reason you could not see volume 1 was that it was combined with a variety of other editions. I've separated them and combined them, I hope correctly, but it might be a few hours before the drop down is updated.
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7496090Instead of "They were talking (perceptibly) as they stood [...]" should be " They were not talking (perceptibly) as they stood [...]".
Thanks.
Foronda wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7496090Instead of "They were talking (perceptibly) as they stood [...]" should be " They were not talking (perceptibly) as they stood [...]".
Thanks."
Done
Lauren wrote: "could somebody please permanently delete all quotes from my profile? thanks"I could only see one quote. Removed.
apologies as i am not sure which thread is the right one for this - i am sorry if this is the wrong spot.someone has created an author page to quote an entire song (called 'one crowded hour') from a band called 'augie march'.
is this allowed/usual?
this is the first time i have encountered this on GR, so wasn't sure how it should be handled.
thank you!!
author page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
band video (to confirm lyrics): https://youtu.be/LejMbZjZUvk
https://www.goodreads.com/author/quot...My apologies for creating work, but unfortunately I submitted my quote as:
"I a writer is not offending someone, then they are not doing their job."
And it should read: “If a writer is not offending someone, then they are not doing their job.”
Any help fixing this typo would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Patrick
Mod
No. Deletion pending. Blank author profile will be removed by the cleanup script.
rivka wrote: "803: Fixed." Thank you!
rivka wrote: "No. Deletion pending. Blank author profile will be removed by the cleanup script."i didn't think so. thank you, rivka! :)
This quote:https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/4333...
has a typo. It should be "out of all whooping", not "out of all hooping."
Mary wrote: "This quote:https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/4333...
has a typo. It should be "out of all whooping", not "out of all hooping.""
Actually it looks like hooping could be correct; it's on mit.edu (http://shakespeare.mit.edu/asyoulikei...), in google books, and in my own print edition.
A friend's comment brought this to my attention...this quote does not belong to this author but to the musical. I'm not sure how to deal with that, so I'm posting it here for someone else to do. :)https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9064...
Hannah wrote: "A friend's comment brought this to my attention...this quote does not belong to this author but to the musical. I'm not sure how to deal with that, so I'm posting it here for someone else to do. :)..."Even though it had a respectable number of likes I've removed it since song lyrics are not allowed.
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