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Issues with Quotes > Please edit or correct or delete this quote. (part 6)

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message 151: by Sami (Samantha) (new)

Sami (Samantha) (mymangaspace) | 2 comments Hello! I've never added quotes to books before (I'm new to goodreads) and so I added a quote to a book. I thought I messed up the quote, so I deleted it. Turns out I posted the quote properly and so I added the quote again. Now there is two of the same quote on the author's page. One is attached to my name and the other is nameless (because I deleted it from my quotes) T_T Oops. Could I have the first quote deleted please? At least I know how this system works now lol Thank you so much for your help!!

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


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Arenda | 26448 comments #151-153 done


message 153: by Sami (Samantha) (new)

Sami (Samantha) (mymangaspace) | 2 comments Arenda wrote: "#151-153 done"

Thank you!! (: Hope you have a lovely day!


message 154: by Kathryn (new)

Kathryn | 2 comments This quote should be attributed to The Midnight Library and not The Midnight Library [Hardcover], The Boy The Mole The Fox and The Horse [Hardcover], Where the Crawdads Sing 3 Books Collection Set --Thanks!


message 155: by Arenda (new)

Arenda | 26448 comments #156 done


message 156: by Lara (new)

Lara There is a typo in this quote. Could someone please delete it, or if possible edit it?

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1065...

The correct text is as follows:

".....Tudo que nele havia de generosidade, de entusiasmo, de eloquência, de coração, de alma, de furor, de ira, de amor, de inexprimível dor se resumia a isto: um acesso de riso!..." - eleventh line.

At present it is written "dor de resumia a isto: um acesso de riso!" instead of "dor se resumia a isto: um acesso de riso!". Just a wrong letter. But it's in Portuguese so if it is hard to localize the error, it is ok just to delete it.


Also, all the quotes from the tag:

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

are from the book

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

I just could not find it in the book list when I added the quotes! If there is any way to link the two I would also appreciate it!


Thank you!


message 157: by Arenda (last edited Feb 04, 2021 02:45AM) (new)

Arenda | 26448 comments #158 Typo corrected. Can you please check?

On GR, quotes are not attached to a specific edition, but to the 'work', which is all combined editions and translations. When adding a quote, you'll have to select the 'default' edition, that is the most popular edition and the one that is showing on the author's page. For this book, that is the English edition: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

I've added the English edition to all the Victor Hugo quotes with the tag 'O Homem Que Ri'.


message 158: by Jessica (new)

Jessica Baker (jessicabakerauthor) | 27 comments Can these be deleted? They're just two random words, and I didn't add them. They seem like they'll be confusing to readers.

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1055...

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1055...


message 159: by Emily (new)

Emily | 17452 comments Jessica wrote: "Can these be deleted? They're just two random words."

Done. Sometimes people's Kindle highlights (or attempts) end up saving to Goodreads as one or two word quotes.


message 160: by Zack (new)

Zack Bel (zackbel) | 1 comments These appear to be fake quotes (I can't find any information on the existence of the author on the internet), and in addition they're quite homophobic. Could they be deleted? https://www.goodreads.com/author/quot...


Lorrie (Clockworkbookworm) (lorriemiller) | 18 comments Please edit this quote. There is a typo, that I made with the help of autocorrect. It is supposed to be "tell" not "rely". I apologize for the error. Thank you for your help.

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1067...

I choke up with emotion, and I cannot tell if I am grieving that my dearest friend has died twith me, or if I am overcome with relief that I am not alone. Am I selfless or unforgivably selfish?
I am both.
I am neither.
I am nothing.”
― Karpov Kinrade, Midnight Star


message 162: by Emily (last edited Feb 15, 2021 01:35PM) (new)

Emily | 17452 comments #162 scheduled for deletion; that person does not meet notability standards for quotes even if they exist

#163 done


message 163: by Emily (new)

Emily Hurricane (eshurricane) | 6 comments Hi there! Could a librarian help me delete these four quotes from my author page, please? They're from books that I no longer am using this pen name for. Thank you!

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quot...


message 164: by Emily (last edited Feb 18, 2021 05:57PM) (new)

Emily | 17452 comments Emily wrote: "Hi there! Could a librarian help me delete these four quotes from my author page, please? They're from books that I no longer am using this pen name for. Thank you!"

I deleted the two quotes without likes. We do not delete quotes that have likes. Also, all editions of a book have to have the original author listed as primary in order for the books to be combined correctly in the system.


message 166: by Arenda (new)

Arenda | 26448 comments #167 done


message 167: by Ester (new)

Ester Birgersson | 1 comments Hi i posted a quote but saw that it was misspelled can you correct it from
“Människor blir vad vi får höra att vi är. Ana har alltid fart höra att hon är fel.”
to
"Människor blir vad vi får höra att vi är. Ana har alltid fått höra att hon är fel."

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


message 168: by Arenda (new)

Arenda | 26448 comments #169 done


message 169: by Rochelle ✿ (new)

Rochelle ✿ (booksbyroel) | 5 comments Hi! I recently added two quotes to the book Les Misérables. Unfortunately, they were both added to a certain version of the book that doesn't even show up as "read" on my account — and there's no way to edit this.

It's hard to explain, but maybe this could help:

They were added to this book instead of this book.

The quotes I'm talking about are this one and this one.

If somebody could attach these two quotes to the right edition, that would be amazing! Thank you!


message 170: by Arenda (new)

Arenda | 26448 comments #170 done


message 171: by UabSet (new)

UabSet | 1 comments Autocorrect messed up a Zdzisław Beksiński quote, added correct quote but this one is still there

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1068...


message 172: by Arenda (new)

Arenda | 26448 comments #172 Quote with typo merged.

The recommendation is to ask to have the typo fixed, rather than adding a new quote.


message 173: by Michael (new)

Michael Johnson (michaelbasseyjohnson) | 59 comments Please correct this quote
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1068...

“Observe the behavior of the butterfly” not “attitude.”


message 174: by Arenda (new)

Arenda | 26448 comments #174 done


message 175: by Rochelle ✿ (new)

Rochelle ✿ (booksbyroel) | 5 comments This quote is connected to the wrong version of the book.

Please add it to this one instead! Thanks in advance!


message 176: by Arenda (new)

Arenda | 26448 comments #176 done


message 177: by Michael (last edited Mar 02, 2021 08:21AM) (new)

Michael Johnson (michaelbasseyjohnson) | 59 comments Please correct this quote.

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7238...

“how much God ‘has’ blessed you, not ‘had’


message 178: by Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ (last edited Mar 02, 2021 01:22PM) (new)

Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂  | 2278 comments Michael wrote: "Please correct this quote.

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7238...

“how much God ‘has’ blessed you, not ‘had’"


Corrected.

Goodreads now has a maximum of 10 tags per quote. I deleted one too many (it's really difficult to edit quote tags now since the box doesn't expand)If you want one added back, just post here. I had to reduce the number to edit your quote - the system will not let me edit quotes otherwise.

Also, can you tell me the name of the book?


message 179: by Michael (new)

Michael Johnson (michaelbasseyjohnson) | 59 comments Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ wrote: "Michael wrote: "Please correct this quote.

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7238...

“how much God ‘has’ blessed you, not ‘had’"

Corrected...."


The quote hasn’t been corrected. Still the way it was.


Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂  | 2278 comments Michael wrote: "Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ wrote: "Michael wrote: "Please correct this quote.

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7238...

“how much God ‘has’ bles..."


Sorry - it would have reverted back while I was trying to fix the tags. Should be fine now.


message 181: by Michael (new)

Michael Johnson (michaelbasseyjohnson) | 59 comments Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ wrote: "Michael wrote: "Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ wrote: "Michael wrote: "Please correct this quote.

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7238...

“how muc..."


Yeah. Sure, it is. Thanks!


message 182: by Emily (new)

Emily | 17452 comments Sam wrote: "Please correct this quote, there should be one "it" in "Yet, it does."

Fixed


message 183: by John (new)

John (greenguh) https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9920...
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8623...
This quote was neither said nor written by Orwell. It is commonly misattributed to Voltaire, but is actually believed to have been originally used by this person:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_A...


message 184: by Michael (new)

Michael Johnson (michaelbasseyjohnson) | 59 comments Please correct this quote.

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1068...

“The moon becomes ‘the’ king of the sky”, not “king of the sky.”


Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂  | 2278 comments Michael wrote: "Please correct this quote.

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1068...

“The moon becomes ‘the’ king of the sky”, not “king of the sky.”"


Corrected.


message 186: by Arenda (new)

Arenda | 26448 comments #188 done


message 187: by Charles (new)

Charles T. | 2 comments The Mother Theresa quote addressed should be deleted: https://quoteinvestigator.com/tag/mot...
Thank you.


message 188: by Michael (new)

Michael Johnson (michaelbasseyjohnson) | 59 comments Please correct this quote:

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1069...

“If you felt empty and sad”, not “If you feel empty and sad.”


message 189: by Michael (new)

Michael Johnson (michaelbasseyjohnson) | 59 comments Please correct this quote:

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1069...

“It is funny how people notice a skin color”, not “how people notice skin color.”


message 190: by Olja (new)

Olja | 1 comments Please correct this quote:

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1070...

It should be "withered" not "whitered".
I apologize for the error.

Thank you!


message 191: by Monika (new)

Monika Waraksa | 1 comments Hi, I made a typo in this quote by Banana Yoshimoto.
Would be very greatful for edit:
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1070...

It says: "Ot at least "
while it should be: "Or at least"

thanks in advance.


message 192: by Sam (last edited Mar 24, 2021 06:47PM) (new)

Sam (polythene_sam) | 6 comments thank you Dobby!


message 193: by José (new)

José Useche (usecheu) | 1 comments Hello, please kindly remove/delete my/these quotes permanently.

Link: https://www.goodreads.com/author/quot...

Thank you in advance.


message 194: by Igenlode (last edited Mar 15, 2021 07:18AM) (new)

Igenlode Wordsmith | 184 comments Please correct Eric Newby quotes https://www.goodreads.com/author/quot...

Several of the quotes have a stray extra word added beyond the final full stop as the result of what is presumably a cut/paste error. The passage beginning "In the great court..." has an extra 'Early' at the end. The passage beginning "Driving in clouds of dust..." has an extra 'The' at the end. The passage beginning "At midnight" has an extra 'By' at the beginning (my fault).
The passage beginning "he was no mountaineer" has an extra 'An' at the end, but as the following quote is of the same passage but longer I would guess that this was someone's attempt to correct the above error, and that the incomplete duplicate should be deleted altogether.


message 195: by Charlotte (new)

Charlotte Eriksson (theglasschild) | 10 comments Could you please add the book below as the source for this quote:
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7144...
Book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...



Could you please delete the strange character in this quote (⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀) and just keep a paragraph break there: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1069...


message 196: by Kathryn (new)

Kathryn | 2 comments hi, the quote below should be "an" - not "and"

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1061...

thanks!


message 197: by Juansen (new)

Juansen Dizon (boywhocrieswolf) | 4 comments Hello Librarians 💛

I've been working on a revised & reimagined version of my book I Am The Architect of My Own Destruction

I've stopped printing copies since the first week of February and the reimagined version of the book no longer contains the following quotes and it would be helpful and informative for future readers to understand that these words are no longer part of the book they may purchase. 💛

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9332...

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9332...

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9332...

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9332...

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9332...

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9332...

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9332...

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9332...

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9332...

Thank you so much and I genuinely appreciate the help. 💛


message 198: by Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ (last edited Mar 24, 2021 02:21PM) (new)

Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂  | 2278 comments Please note that the previous numbering is now off. It would be appreciated if people didn't delete their posts. :)

#189 Done by someone
#190 Seems to have been deleted/merged.
#191 Done
#192 Done
#193 Leaving for another librarian. Thanks for numbering but I find 10 in a single post too many. If you edit & leave 5 in this post & 5 in another I will be happy to look at this for you. Edit: If someone has already done this, just ignore me! :D
#194 Done. (there were no likes) It looks like you put three quotes in a single entry. Please in future just one quote per entry.
#195 Seems to have been done. If any have been missed can you link to the specific quote, thanks.
#196 Done by someone. I have corrected capitalisation of book title.
#197 Also done by someone.


message 199: by Dobby (last edited Mar 24, 2021 02:41PM) (new)

Dobby (dobby0390) | 7857 comments #193 Done

#195 Done
#196 First edit done; second edit (regarding deleting strange character) - not found, so not done.
#197 Done
#198 Not done. All those quotes have likes; we do not delete quotes that have likes.


Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂  | 2278 comments Dobby0390 wrote: "#195 Done
#196 First edit done; second edit (regarding deleting strange character) - not found, so not done.
#197 Done
#198 Not done. All those quotes have likes; we do not delete quotes that have ..."


Hi Dobby, we crossed over! :)


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