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message 902: by Liz V. (last edited Oct 27, 2021 03:12PM) (new)


message 903: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
I think this would be a good point to stop posting additional requests in this thread, and start a new one. That will leave room for the remaining open requests to be responded to.


Elizabeth (Alaska) #898 done as to correcting the ñ in the author name; not yet sure he is the author in the Large Print post #156


message 905: by Liz V. (new)

Liz V. (wwwgoodreadscomlizv) | 43471 comments Thank you Elizabeth.

Unsure why I saw a connection. Sorry.


message 906: by Emma (new)

Emma | 397 comments Rabindranath Tagore
#896: Jumping in from the other thread: Done!


message 907: by Emma (last edited Oct 12, 2021 03:28PM) (new)

Emma | 397 comments rivka wrote: "I think this would be a good point to stop posting additional requests in this thread, and start a new one. That will leave room for the remaining open requests to be responded to."
Alright! I am going through some of the gaps in this thread.

#4: Done. See the new page for William Newton.
#6: Done. See the updated page for William E. Newton
#16: Done.
#32: Done. There was quite a bit going on here, with also some faulty ISBNs. In the end, I kept to separate versions of the book: A version with a review of his character by John Angell Adams (The life of the Rev. Richard Knill, of St. Petersburgh; being selections from his reminiscences, journals, and correspondence, with a review of his character - 9 editions) and a version without (The life of Richard Knill, selections from his reminiscences, journals and correspondence - 12 editions).

EDIT: Added one more:
#35: Done


message 908: by Liz V. (last edited Oct 12, 2021 06:24PM) (new)

Liz V. (wwwgoodreadscomlizv) | 43471 comments Thank you Emma.

I shall go through the posts soon.

Notes ##16 & 34

Just a note, the Large Print posts can be so long, that moving "Annotated" and "Illustrated" to edition field is planned for future threads, but you might want to do individual editions as you come across.

Also "Scholar's Choice Edition" and "War College Series" are publishers and should be deleted from title (e.g., #34)


message 909: by Emma (new)

Emma | 397 comments Liz V. wrote: "Move "Annotated" and "Illustrated" to edition field [...] "Scholar's Choice Edition" and "War College Series" are publishers and should be deleted"
Ah, this totally answers a question I have had for a while and probably should have asked out loud! Thank you! Will do so moving forward and did an extra sweep over the works for Upton Sinclair.

Liz V. wrote: "Notes 16"
I just knew I was going to miss some! Thank you for verifying as always.

Liz V. wrote: "Notes 34"
Could it be that your note for #35 ended up in #34? If so, I think it should be corrected now. If not, I am not sure I understand your note, sorry.

#49: Working on.


message 910: by Liz V. (new)

Liz V. (wwwgoodreadscomlizv) | 43471 comments Thank you Emma.

As to #34, that is the post. I changed the more visible ● for ■. The deletion is "Scholar's Choice Edition" in title of first book in post


message 911: by Emma (last edited Oct 14, 2021 03:05PM) (new)

Emma | 397 comments Still filling in the gaps.

As to #34, that is the post.
#34: Thank you for clarifying! It is fixed now.

#49: Done. This list actually contained work from two different rabbis:
Menachem M. Schneerson, also known as "the Lubavitcher Rebbe"
Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, also known as "Tzemach Tzedek"
I wasn't sure if the rabbi should be the first author for The Jewish Woman by The Lubavitcher Rebbe. This book has no entry on WorldCat and the author on Amazon is Chassida Halevy. It appears to be an adaptation. I added the rabbi as second author, let me know if I should also change the author order.

#50: Done
#82: Could you clarify what you mean by "but now"? Or is this one done?
#83: Working on.


message 912: by Liz V. (last edited Oct 14, 2021 07:34PM) (new)

Liz V. (wwwgoodreadscomlizv) | 43471 comments Thank you Emma.

Note #50

As to #82, the correction resulted in 3 profiles instead of the 2 originally posted

#49 was complicated. Thanks for sorting everything out. Looks fine to me.


message 914: by Emma (new)

Emma | 397 comments Not much finished but I still wanted to give you an update because it is taking a bit long.

Liz V. wrote: "#49 was complicated."
Yes this was complicated but very interesting too! I saw in your notes that I had left one too many profile open and I corrected this. It should now be 2 authors and not 3.

Liz V. wrote: "Note #50"
Done now!

#83: In progress. This is the one that is taking a lot more time than initially thought, mainly because of the series Advances in Chemical Physics by Ilya Prigogine (and others) https://www.goodreads.com/series/3292... This might take me another day or two.


message 915: by Liz V. (new)

Liz V. (wwwgoodreadscomlizv) | 43471 comments Thank you so much Emma.

I am glad you share my fascination with long-ago authors. My personal Mt. TBR is littered with authors of whom I had never heard but want to read.


message 916: by Emma (last edited Oct 18, 2021 09:44PM) (new)

Emma | 397 comments Haha yes! Always more books than there's time to read.

#82: Done. Note that the Wikipedia page you linked actually contains a small typo. I followed the Library of Congress, https://lccn.loc.gov/n82082906

#83: Done

EDIT: Below added:
#92: Done
#117: Done


message 917: by Liz V. (last edited Oct 19, 2021 04:02AM) (new)

Liz V. (wwwgoodreadscomlizv) | 43471 comments Thank you Emma.

I shall be back tomorrow to go through.

Not a small Wikipedia error!

Notes ##83, 92 & 117


message 918: by Emma (last edited Oct 19, 2021 05:29PM) (new)

Emma | 397 comments Liz V. wrote: "Notes ##83, 92 & 117"
#83, #92: Done
#117: Oof, should have noticed that on the first sweep. Fixed on the second sweep!

And filling in some more of the gaps...
#122, #123: Done
#125: Done
#129: Done
#137: Fixed what was marked with a circle (I don't know how you type that character)


message 919: by Liz V. (last edited Oct 19, 2021 06:29PM) (new)

Liz V. (wwwgoodreadscomlizv) | 43471 comments Thank you Emma.

My keyboard has 3 screens: alphabet and 2 symbols. ● on screen with ^


message 920: by Emma (last edited Oct 20, 2021 11:16PM) (new)

Emma | 397 comments Only did a few more this time because I got caught in a "Classic Reprint" distraction...
#158: Done. See John Andrew (2^) and Carl Emil Doepler.
#159: Done. See Edward Francis Adams (2^)
#160: Done!


message 921: by Liz V. (last edited Oct 21, 2021 10:05AM) (new)

Liz V. (wwwgoodreadscomlizv) | 43471 comments Thank you Emma.

Those rabbit holes are so enticing!

Link in GR bio of https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... to brother John Steven Cabot Abbott inoperative. Should be John S.C. Abbott / John S.C. Abbot

Note #159


message 922: by Emma (last edited Oct 21, 2021 06:30PM) (new)

Emma | 397 comments Liz V. wrote: "Link in GR bio of https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... to brother John Steven Cabot Abbott inoperative. Should be John S.C. Abbott"
#921: Done. And removed the John S.C. Abbot with typo.

#159: Fixed!

#165: Done. I believe there is still more than one Sue Thompson under Sue 1^ Thompson. See new Sue Thompson 2^ and new Sue Thompson 3^.

#167, #168: Done
#187, #188: Done

#205: Done. See Andrew Thomas 3^ and Andrew Thomas 4^. Please note that the Aviation Security title you linked belongs to Andrew R. Thomas not Andrew 4^ Thomas. Two Andrew Thomas-es both writing about aviation... What are the odds?


message 923: by Liz V. (new)

Liz V. (wwwgoodreadscomlizv) | 43471 comments Thank you Emma.

#165 (and #205) do need further disambiguation. Some of the worst dumping profiles I do piecemeal, as they are too complicated to tackle all at once. And I miss things like Andrew R. Thomas. Grateful you caught that.


message 924: by Emma (last edited Oct 24, 2021 01:52AM) (new)

Emma | 397 comments Three more:
#207, #216: Done
#228: Please note that I kept Hermann von Helmholtz instead of the longer version (Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz). I wasn't entirely sure about this... I believe there are two competing policies here: To keep the "most complete" version of the name the author has published under while alive, and to use the spelling as suggested by LOC. The one already had a Goodreads bio, so I took that as the tie breaker.


message 925: by Liz V. (new)

Liz V. (wwwgoodreadscomlizv) | 43471 comments Thank you so much Emma.

I appreciate your explanations for your decisions.


message 927: by Allison (new)

Allison | 87 comments 901-902 913 done!


message 928: by Liz V. (new)

Liz V. (wwwgoodreadscomlizv) | 43471 comments Thank you Allison.


message 929: by Emma (new)

Emma | 397 comments #230, #231: Done. These were all full of "Classic Reprint" and unknown characters due to accents (the question mark in a diamond). I made some progress with this, but it definitely needs another cleaning. The authors are all merged or left with a librarian note.

#232: Done.
#233: Done.


message 930: by Liz V. (new)

Liz V. (wwwgoodreadscomlizv) | 43471 comments Thank you Emma.


message 931: by Emma (last edited Oct 29, 2021 09:53PM) (new)

Emma | 397 comments Filled some more gaps! We are getting somewhere now...

#234: Done. See new Richard Burn (2^), Richard Burn (3^) and an extra Richard Burn (4^). See also new John Burn (2^).

#275: Done
#367: Done
#392: Done
#409: Done
#421: Not sure. The ISBN for the weird cover didn't have any results on WorldCat or Amazon. I don't know if it's better to delete the seemingly wrong cover or just to let it be. I do not have a way to verify that it is indeed wrong (although it certainly looks like it)
#431: Done


message 932: by Liz V. (last edited Nov 01, 2021 11:38AM) (new)

Liz V. (wwwgoodreadscomlizv) | 43471 comments Thank you Emma.

New profiles empty due to cache delays. Shall go through posts later.


message 933: by Amanda (new)

Amanda  (amandanator) | 792 comments Liz V. wrote: "R.C. Sproul
RC Sproul quotations
Sproul, R.C.
Sproul R C

R. Sproull
R Sproull
Coauthor
[au..."


Done


message 934: by Liz V. (last edited Nov 01, 2021 11:11AM) (new)

Liz V. (wwwgoodreadscomlizv) | 43471 comments done

Thank you Amanda.

However, I missed that, per cover of VLSI Systems and Computations, R.C. Sproul & G. Steele should be Bob Sproull & Guy Steele, respectively.
4 editions.


message 935: by Scott (new)

Scott | 8540 comments Liz V. wrote: "Thank you Amanda.

However, I missed that, per cover of VLSI Systems and Computations, R.C. Sproul & G. Steele should be [author:Bob Sproull|14715..."


done


message 936: by Liz V. (new)

Liz V. (wwwgoodreadscomlizv) | 43471 comments Thank you Scott.


message 937: by Emma (new)

Emma | 397 comments A few:
#463, #465: Done
#466: Appears already done by someone else
#468: Done


message 938: by Liz V. (last edited Nov 01, 2021 01:32PM) (new)

Liz V. (wwwgoodreadscomlizv) | 43471 comments done

More thanks Emma.

#234
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 939: by Liz V. (last edited Nov 01, 2021 02:59PM) (new)

Liz V. (wwwgoodreadscomlizv) | 43471 comments done

#210 I missed extraneous Camps W a in author line of Propertius: Elegies: Book 1


message 940: by Liz V. (last edited Nov 02, 2021 10:16AM) (new)

Liz V. (wwwgoodreadscomlizv) | 43471 comments done

#217 #257 Barbara Tilley is 2 authors

Crafts series
https://www.amazon.com/Barbara-Tilley...

Professor/Editor
https://ellieblue.exposure.co/

NOT
Barbara C. Tilley
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barba..., who doesn't seem to be on GR
or
Barbara W. Tilley


message 941: by Emma (new)

Emma | 397 comments Quick update:
#469: Done
#938/#234: Done, see other thread
#939/#210: Done


message 942: by Liz V. (new)

Liz V. (wwwgoodreadscomlizv) | 43471 comments Thanks yet again Emma.


message 943: by Liz V. (last edited Nov 01, 2021 07:58PM) (new)

Liz V. (wwwgoodreadscomlizv) | 43471 comments ##896 & 913

Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee
Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee

Per cover of https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... , add Bhattacharjee (Introduction) to author line

Per cover of Barbed Wire Fence, add Dipendu Das (Editor) to author line


message 944: by Emma (last edited Nov 02, 2021 02:41AM) (new)

Emma | 397 comments Here are a few more:

#471: Done

#474: Done. Something I noticed: The picture uploaded for George Gould (1^) has as only copyright information "Uploaded by the author." According to the librarian history the user who uploaded this picture has since been deleted. Not sure what to do with this picture (the rest of the author bio is completely empty and has been completely empty).

#475, #476: Already done by someone else.

#479: Done
#482: Done
#486: Done
#487: Done

#498: Done, except for the volume numbers. I couldn't find those either.

#940: Done, see new Barbara Tilley. However I couldn't find the connection to #217, so please let me know if I missed something.


message 945: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
Emma wrote: "The picture uploaded for George Gould (1^) has as only copyright information "Uploaded by the author." According to the librarian history the user who uploaded this picture has since been deleted. Not sure what to do with this picture (the rest of the author bio is completely empty and has been completely empty)."

Should be removed.


message 946: by Liz V. (last edited Nov 03, 2021 08:58AM) (new)

Liz V. (wwwgoodreadscomlizv) | 43471 comments done

My apologies Emma. #940 should have referred to #257.

Shall look at other posts.

More thanks Emma and Rivka.

Notes ##470 & 471

#487
Coauthor :
Hurst H. Shoemaker
Hurst H Shoemaker


message 947: by Emma (last edited Nov 02, 2021 09:54PM) (new)

Emma | 397 comments I did only a few and I have a lot of notes, so fasten your seat belt!

#470: Fixed
#471: Fixed

#474: As discussed in #945
rivka wrote: "Should be removed."
Done

#487: As discussed in #946
Liz V. wrote: "Hurst H. Shoemaker"
Done

#503: There are so many Don Millers.
Don Miller 1^, Goodreads author
Don Miller 2^, the main "dumping" profile
Don Miller 3^
Don Miller 4^, Goodreads author
Don Miller 5^
Don Miller 6^
Don Miller 7^, Goodreads author
Don Miller 8^
I did quite a bit of digging, but there is probably another cleaning needed. I tried to separate and organize where there was clearly a different author, with preferably their own heading in the Library of Congress.

The remaining books in the profile Don S. Miller might be by Don Miller (1^), but I couldn't get certainty on that. They are roughly about Psychic Death and Resurrection. I found this LI profile for Don Miller (1^) besides the Amazon link you posted: https://www.linkedin.com/in/don-mille.... I couldn't find a LOC heading.

I am not able to merge the other Don Miller profiles linked in #503 into Don Miller (1^), because he is a Goodreads Author. I moved all the books over so the profiles should be empty (except for Don S. Miller as mentioned above).

#513: Done. I am not sure if Sky Phantom is also by James M. Denny so I left that one on James Denny's profile.

#514: Fixed
#515: Done


message 948: by Liz V. (last edited Nov 05, 2021 06:52PM) (new)

Liz V. (wwwgoodreadscomlizv) | 43471 comments done

Thank you so much Emma.

It will take some time for me to work through #503.

#503
Unsure why I didn't refer to GR staff, as I know to do with GR authors. Thank you for wading through all of the profiles and separating them.
GR author 7^Don Miller also writes as Lena Christenson

#513
Capitalization :
Herschel the church mouse: Faith when you are upside down in the world


message 949: by Emma (last edited Nov 05, 2021 06:00PM) (new)

Emma | 397 comments #503 as discussed in #948:
Liz V. wrote: "GR author 7^Don Miller also writes as Lena Christenson"
I don't think I can add a note to Don 7^ Miller's profile because he is a Goodreads author. I added the note to Lena's profile.

#513 as discussed in #948:
Capitalization fixed

#518, #520: Done
#521: Fixed
#522, #523, #524: Done
#525: Fixed
#527, #528: Done


message 950: by Liz V. (last edited Nov 06, 2021 03:55AM) (new)


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