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[Heather]

Single name author: Robin. Knowledge of French would be helpful.
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

[Heather]

Single name author: Alfred.
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

[Heather]

Single name author: Batman.
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

[Snail in Danger (Sid)]

"Batman" is apparently actually Stephen Batman (source). I did a little cleanup there. Almost disappointing. ;)

[Snail in Danger (Sid)]

One of those Alfreds is a graphic artist; another is Alfred (King of England). Anyone know if this is how we handle royalty without a modern-style family name?

[rivka, Former Moderator]

I would list him as Alfred the Great. LoC agrees.

[Lobstergirl]

Did someone decide these Books LLC compilations should be Nabbed?

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/84...

I hate them, but they have pages and text so I think they're still books.

[Melody]

I've been un-not a booking several of the Books LLC that I've found. I think the last discussion said they were books. I hate it too - but I agree, Lobstergirl, they are books. What I don't know is if the people who have rated them really read these books or the books the articles are about.

[Lobstergirl]

I don't think we have any way of knowing, but in the end it doesn't matter why someone rates something, right? I wish there was a way to figure out who was Nabbing incorrectly because they're creating more work for others.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Melody wrote: "I hate it too - but I agree, Lobstergirl, they are books."

So agreed.

[Cait]

Wright

[Abcdarian]

http://www.goodreads.com/author/list/...

I've been working on this for awhile & am burned out. Haven't found an actual William S. Wilson yet, many were other Wilsons, some not even Wilson at all.

[Snail in Danger (Sid)]

Wow — that was pretty messed up. I've changed all the ones that belonged to other people to reflect the correct authors. But I suspect that the remaining books belong to more than one William S. Wilson. So if anyone wants to try to disambiguate them, that's probably the next step.

[Heather]

Single "name" author: nn.
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

[Cait]

Williams

[Cait]

John (and this one looks like it's sweeping up a whole bunch of name variations in the co-authors).

[Snail in Danger (Sid)]

The "nn" one linked by Heather could use some help from Indonesian and German speakers.

Also, "John" ... that's a hot mess, as the kids say these days. ;) The LoC seems to use "John Paul II, Pope, 1920-2005" in its catalogue. On Goodreads would we use "John Paul II"? (I think there are at least four profiles for this pope, under different name/title variations. Maybe more.)

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Nikki wrote: "On Goodreads would we use "John Paul II""

That would be my vote.

[willaful]

Betty Smith: http://www.goodreads.com/author/list/...

I'm pretty sure some of the books listed here are a different Betty Smith. Possibly more than one, since so many genres are represented. Amusing to imagine the canonical writer of growing up in New York stories also covering Warwickshire. :-)

ETA: I found this useful link at LibraryThing: http://www.librarything.com/author/sm...

Apparently there are five of them. Oy!

[Kaion]

At least three different Kate Thompson authors: http://www.goodreads.com/author/list/...

1. http://www.katethompson.info/books.asp Kate Thompson
2. http://www.kate-thompson.com/ Kate Thompson
3. ?

I think I've separated most of #2's books out, but can't be sure. Don't really know about 3-?

[Snail in Danger (Sid)]

This sort of is, and sort of isn't, an author that needs help. More like a series, except that they all have the same corporate author (I think), who is not always listed. I am not certain if all the books have the same series editor(s), Leslie Wilson and Paul Matsudaira.

Sadly, the corporate author (the American Society for Cell Biology) does not seem to provide a complete list. The best I've been able to find are the Worldcat series listing and this Amazon list, which may or may not have duplicates and/or false positives.

One note: if you decide to work on this, and you add Leslie Wilson to a book's author listing, make sure that it's Leslie^^^Wilson, as there are five other authors by the same name.

Another issue: Many of these books seem to have Kindle editions, but because the author listings are not congruent, they are not always combined in the GR database.

I don't know if this is something it might be better to punt on until we have series objects in Goodreads proper, but I thought I'd put it out there.

[Cait]

Wood

[Cait]

Hood
Edward
Jacques

[Heather]

Author listed as "no author."
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

[Abcdarian]

Re: 573
Hood & Edward done.

[Paula]

570 - Done
573 - Jacques - done
574 - All done

[Heather]

I think at least half of the books on this author's profile are actually movies.
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

[Snail in Danger (Sid)]

I think these are all the same person. Being able to read German would be helpful but probably not necessary.

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Merged all to the fourth version.

[Kaion]

Re: post 577
There's no special "role" for screenwriting, yes? (Because I don't see it as one of the ones listed)
*I think someone already fixed it because Owen Wilson is down for co-writing both of the screenplays listed.

[Snail in Danger (Sid)]

Michael Krüger (Mostly German and English, 1 Russian item. I suspect there are at least two authors here but am not certain.)

Candida Höfer

And, of course, Collectif and Collectifs. (Knowledge of French probably helpful.)

[Carolyn]

I apologize if this one has been mentioned on the lists already, but found this one:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
and wanted to drop a note in here before logging off for the night.

[Heather]

Single name author: Drake.
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

[Cait]

Heather wrote: "Single name author: Drake.
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/..."

Got Drake.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Collectif and I think No Author are already on the Sisyphus list.

[Carolyn]

rivka wrote: "Collectif and I think No Author are already on the Sisyphus list."

OK, thanks rivka!

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Looks like No Author got removed at some point (probably had been emptied and merged) but I put it back.

[Elizabeth]

Single name author: "Varios" -- knowledge of Spanish would probably be useful
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

[Snail in Danger (Sid)]

These are (probably) in need of disambiguation. (I'm less sure about Lewis and McKay.)
http://www.goodreads.com/author/list/...

EDIT: Thanks, Paula, for getting Brian Thompson! :) (And C.G. McKay.)

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

Single name authors in need of cleanup:

http://www.goodreads.com/author/list/...

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

I'm not sure what to do about this. I've exhausted my resources for finding out individual authors/editors on this one. Should it just be listed as being by Dun & Bradstreet? This one's fixed, thanks Rivka.

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Nikki wrote: "I'm not sure what to do about this. I've exhausted my resources for finding out individual authors/editors on this one. Should it just be listed as being by Dun & Bradstreet?

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/794..."

Actually, decoding the author list from Amazon isn't too bad, if you go back there to find the bits that got cut off. I fixed that one.

[Snail in Danger (Sid)]

Hmm, looking at the Amazon listing again, I guess it's not as bad as I first thought. I just (a) hate guessing and (b) am somewhat reluctant to rely on Amazon listings now that I know how inaccurate they can be.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Agreed, but when there is not an alternative, they can be a decent source of info, especially for something like this.

[Abcdarian]

Re 589: MacKay is done.

[Snail in Danger (Sid)]

Thanks, Adcdarian!

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Abcdarian wrote: "Re 589: MacKay is done."

:D That evokes this for me. ;)

[[deleted user]]

These author profiles are empty, please delete:
Brontes
Bronte Bronte
** EDIT: Sorry, I forgot I can merge them with any other Brontë profile that's correct. Done! Getting there slowly but surely. :)

Don't know how to handle this one:
Bronte
It has a book that I don't know. It has ISBN but WorldCat doesn't know it. GoogleBooks finds a hit but no further info, same on Amazone (which is the source).

This site refers to the author as EMI Bronte. It's rather a long shot to dedicate it to Emily Brontë, I think. Hope to find a Brontë lover here to help out!

Any sugestions?

(Hopefully I found the right thread for this post!)

[[deleted user]]

Publisher/author:

Carlton Books = 80 works / co-authors listed
Carlton Books Staff = 10 works / co-authors listed
Carlton Books, Limited = 1 work / magazine?
Carlton Books LTD. = 2 works / non fiction / other authors listed
Carlton Books UK = 1 work / non fiction
Carlton Books Ltd = 2 works / non fiction
Carlton = 5 works / non fiction

Not sure on this one:
Carlton's book = 1 work

[Snail in Danger (Sid)]

Hey Laura,

I checked Worldcat for books called Brass Halo and found a couple. However, this one is called that and was published by Signet. I went ahead and made the change in the database.

[Paula]

Got most of 597 - some work left on
Carlton Books = 80 works / co-authors listed

[Paula]

Also got Richard Wheeler / Richard S. Wheeler - some one left a comment about them cannot find the thread now