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message 1: by Mladen (new)

Jan 15, 2015 10:01AM

Mladen Trpčevski (mladen-trpcevski) | 49 comments

There are dozens of National Geographic Magazine editions on GR, even though magazines shoudn't be added. Can someone with super-librarian status be polite enough to delete them all? Thank you.

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message 2: by Philip (new)

Jan 15, 2015 10:18AM

Actually it is not common if there is an ISBN assigned they are usually left alone.

Since the National Geographic Author Profile has over 1000 books assigned to it, you will need to provide links to what you do not think should be on the site.

I seriously doubt anybody will be going through all 1229 records to see if they have ISBNs and are valid.

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message 3: by Mladen (new)

Jan 15, 2015 12:01PM

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message 4: by Cheryl (new)

Jan 15, 2015 02:15PM

Closely related, this author: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
is actually a publisher, no? And the 'books' are magazines that should not be here, are they not? If so, please delete.

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message 5: by Monique (new)

Jan 15, 2015 03:01PM

Cheryl wrote: "Closely related, this author: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
is actually a publisher, no? And the 'books' are magazines that should not be here, are they not? If so, please..."

These all came from a Barnes & Noble import. My guess is we could delete them but they'll just show up again when the import runs. I'll go ahead and send an email to support with this.

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message 6: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

Jan 15, 2015 03:16PM

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I NAB'd the B&N magazines. That will prevent reimporting.

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message 7: by Cheryl (new)

Jan 16, 2015 12:10PM

Thank you both.

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message 8: by Mladen (new)

Jan 16, 2015 12:18PM

And what about deleting NG magazines? Please

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message 9: by rivka, Former Moderator (last edited Jan 16, 2015 02:26PM) (new)

Jan 16, 2015 02:25PM

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Got all but one (which originally had over 40 "editions") which I am still working on. Some of the deletions may still be pending, though.

If you are going to post more, please put blank lines every 5 or so. Makes it easier to tell where I am.

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message 10: by Arto (new)

Jan 16, 2015 03:26PM

Same issue is with graphic novels. Single issues shouldn't be added, but when those are kindle editions those are accepted. So there is single issues in the middle of series added and sometimes(often) those are combined with volumes, which have ISBN.

I face quite often situations where I would need Super librarian rights because single issues are added and combined, but can't be removed. Or most popular version is without ISBN and same version is with ISBN, creating duplicate.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... this is one example. I already separated single issue from that series and deleted two kindle editions, which had no reviews and ASIN led only here, not in Amazon or anywhere else

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message 11: by Mladen (new)

Jan 17, 2015 03:11AM

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message 12: by Mladen (new)

Mar 19, 2015 05:07PM

Unfortunately, this thread became forgotten. Can someone please continue rivka's work?

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message 13: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

Mar 24, 2015 09:46PM

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Sorry about that! They should all be gone or pending, except this one: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

It looks legit.

Mladen wrote: "There also seem to be hundreds of maps. Should we delete them too? Here is an example:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2..."

Actually, since it has an ISBN, it gets NAB'd, which any librarian can do.

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