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message 1: by منوچهر (new)

منوچهر محور This:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

is a duplicate of:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

Please merge. Now I think it is not proper to mark it Ivalid!
Thank you!


message 2: by David (last edited Nov 16, 2023 12:46AM) (new)

David Raz (davidraz) | 13314 comments I agree that invalidation is not the correct solution here.
Invalidation is warranted in the following scenarios:
1. An edition is not a valid entry, meaning it was never published, and there are no clear plans for publication. This includes short stories that were never independently published, pages for series that were not released as a single edition by the publisher, and similar cases.
2. In cases where a bot added a physical edition with only an ASIN, and it was not shelved.

The current edition does not fit into either of these categories.

I restored the edition to "public" state. However, I cannot merge the editions since the cover is not identical. I marked the edition without ISBN as a possible ACE.


message 3: by منوچهر (new)

منوچهر محور But the covers are identical!


message 4: by David (new)

David Raz (davidraz) | 13314 comments My bad, you are of course correct. I was looking at کتابخانه نیمه شب. You will notice the title is slightly different (cf. کتابخانۀ نیمه شب) which caused the wrong edition to come up. I don't know which spelling is more correct, if it matters at all.
Anyway, deletion is queued.


message 5: by منوچهر (new)

منوچهر محور Thank you. (The slight spelling difference is a matter of prefrence.)


message 6: by David (new)

David Raz (davidraz) | 13314 comments Multiple spelling are very common in Hebrew too. In GR we try to follow the one on the cover.


message 7: by منوچهر (new)

منوچهر محور Makes sense!


message 8: by David (new)

David Raz (davidraz) | 13314 comments Anyway, done


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