Changes to "How to request a book be added..." post [DONE]

[gem]

I was wondering if a new "How to request a book to be added to Goodreads" post could be stickied in the "Adding New Books & Editions" forum with the following changes:

-- Switch order of page count and format so it matches the actual form
-- Add Year/Month/Day to Publication Date because of confusion between different international date format standards. For example if someone lists 5/6/2023, is that May 6th or June 5th?
-- Add description for Format because people often misunderstand this
-- Group Language with the rest of the bullets instead of further down because people often miss this

Example of new post:

* Title:
* Author(s) name(s):
* ISBN (or ASIN):
* Publisher:
* Publication Date Year:
* Publication Date Month:
* Publication Date Day:
* Page count:
* Format (such as paperback, hardcover, ebook, audiobook, etc):
* Description:
* Language (for non-English books):

[include the rest of the information in rivka's original topic, unchanged]

Thanks for your consideration!

[gem]

Bump for visibility.

[Dobby]

I second this request.

[♪ Kim N]

+1

[Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂]

+ 1

[Sarah]

+1

[L J]

+1

[Tawnya]

+1

[gem]

Bump and added Jaclyn's name to the post title to try to get her attention. 😊

[Olga]

It will be even better if you add a point Language (some people forget this)
* Language (other than English)

[gem]

Olga wrote: "It will be even better if you add a point Language (some people forget this)
* Language (other than English)"

Good idea, added!

[Olga]

And maybe rename [Closed] Added Books/Editions to something like Archive? There are dozens requests every day.
I think people for whom English isn't their native language see Added Books/Editions = Add Books/Editions.

[Jaclyn, Librarian Program Manager]

Thanks all, I'll update that post as soon as I get a gap.

Also happy to rename the closed folder, especially as we'll be making this a catch-all folder if we add the ability to archive threads across all request folders.

[gem]

Jaclyn wrote: "Thanks all, I'll update that post as soon as I get a gap.

Also happy to rename the closed folder, especially as we'll be making this a catch-all folder if we add the ability to archive threads acr..."

Thank you, Jaclyn! And yes, pleeeease add the ability to archive threads in all the request folders!! 🙏

[gem]

Hi Jaclyn, just checking in on this update.

I've noticed there are a few pages around the site that link to rivka's original topic. I'll add them here as I find them.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Message #1, "following these guidelines"

https://help.goodreads.com/s/article/...
"making sure to follow these guidelines"

[Jaclyn, Librarian Program Manager]

Hi all! I've updated the 'How to request a book to be added to Goodreads' post:

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

I added new comments and deleted the older ones, so the link remains the same. 😊

I've requested that the ability to mark posts as done be added to other folders, and I'll change the archive folder name and announce the feature once updated.

[gem]

Thanks so much Jaclyn!

Jaclyn wrote: "I've requested that the ability to mark posts as done be added to other folders, and I'll change the archive folder name and announce the feature once updated."

I am unreasonably excited about this upcoming change. 😂 Will be so much quicker and easier to find requests in all folders that still need Librarian attention.

[gem]

Jaclyn,

I spotted a forum post with a dead link that should probably be linking to the "How to request a book..." topic.

AUTHOR FAQ: Authors look here first!
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Message #1
The "following these guidelines" link is broken.

[Jaclyn, Librarian Program Manager]

Thank you gem! Fixed 😊