Series vs Collections

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Post with specific user's name has been removed. General questions are fine in this group; questions about specific users or their edits are not.

Note: To be a series on Goodreads, books need to have more than a common theme -- like characters in common, an overarching storyline, a shared universe, etc.

[Emily]

Please remove the reference to individuals as that is not allowed in this group.
If there is a collection like you're referencing where information can go in the edition field, you are welcome to post the books here and someone can look at it.

[Telaara]

I understand what a series in Goodreads meaning is, I never grouped these books, just wrote the information wrong in the title field instead in the edition field. And I thought it was a general question concerning series vs collections. Non of my questions were answered. Maybe if I had written "someone" instead a name. Sorry about that.

[Emily]

If you want to restate your question we can try to address it.

[Telaara]

Okay, in short, the first and for me more important question was about: Why not write the information for a collection in the title field like a series, like "(Spannend erzählt #211)" or "(SF Utopia)" - that are two examples of collections of unrelated books - so not series in Goodreads meaning. I understand it IS the policy, but I would like to understand why. Just want an explanation I understand.