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Please delete this book! (pt. 3)

This edition http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12... and this edition http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19... should be deleted so they combine with http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47... if we are keeping editions with nothing to indicate they are different other than that the title is in a foreign language. If the decision was not to keep those types of entries - then all three can be deleted.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11...

http://www.goodreads.com/book/edition...
and then re-combine to:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/edition...
A question with them:
The book I've tried to delete (the one without ISBN) actually has only 11 ratings and 7 reviews. But the deletion (hence the merging) need to be performed by a superuser. Does the rule about book merge have been changed (from the one listed in the librarian manual)?
Thank you...

Well, some of the above was already done. The 2nd link goes to a list of books, not a single edition, but I think I finished getting these in order.
Re your question: The number of shelves the book is on is a factor, not just the number of ratings.
And I think more than 10 ratings requires a super user, or has that changed?! Anybody?

Thanks Rivka!
Note: Maybe we should take shifts. ;-) No, actually I like being able to slack off when I want and know that someone will eventually come in and do the edits.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32... - duplicate ISBN
Tuck Everlasting:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32...
Diary:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33... - duplicate ISBN
Haunted:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33...
Lullaby:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28...
Rant:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17...
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32...
Yiddish Policeman's Union:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33...
That's all for now, thanks!

I have librarian status but I'm chicken...
I wanted to combine editions but it didn't offer the option.
Thanks!
*confused*
Got all of Ashley's.
Mary, I'm confused. That one seems to have a unique ISBN -- why should it be deleted? Or did you just want it merged with the other editions? I did that.
Mary, I'm confused. That one seems to have a unique ISBN -- why should it be deleted? Or did you just want it merged with the other editions? I did that.

This one
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18...
should be merged with this one
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
The ISBNs are the same but someone put them in the wrong field.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32...

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
can be merged with this one:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98...
The ISBNs are the same but in the wrong fields.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34...
Thanks :)

Something Blue:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14... Now this one I have a question about. It has no ISBN and is labeled as an "audio download." Are these considered valid books, or should it be merged with another audio version that has an ISBN? "Baby Proof" by the same author has one of these editions as well.
Laurell K. Hamilton:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11...

I'm not an audio book fan, but I thought audio downloads (from Audible.com and the like) were identical to what's on the audio CD of the book.
Cute, Cait. :P
My audio-book-listening friend says they're the same. So I'm going to go ahead and merge those.
My audio-book-listening friend says they're the same. So I'm going to go ahead and merge those.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28...
Came across this one today, and googled to see if it really existed since there's no ISBN - and it doesn't. Seems that Fielding's character was developed in a series of newspaper columns before the novel was written, and this is what the work refers to, so it seems to me that this isn't a valid book. (There were 2 identical editions added by the same user, so I deleted the second but this one has too many reviews). Also, a few people who reviewed it seem to be referring to the book, so perhaps these reviews should be merged with the rest. Thanks!
Oh, and this one :)
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33... (No ISBN, cover art is identical to another edition)

Well, Got the above two.
I agree with you about the second but at least one member was probably reviewing the interview about the book so I recreated it and hopefully they'll find it (I did leave in Helen Fielding's name as a second author & iif anyone finds some identifying ISBN or anything please add it) and not add another copy:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34...
I'm confused. Why did you recreate it? It's not a book -- why does it belong in the GR database?

Just let me know and I'll delete it, or you can delete it.
If it gets entered again though, and I notice, I'll message the person who manually enters it, because I suspect they really did want to rate the interview.
Tough cookies. People want to rate magazines and posters too -- we delete them mercilessly. ;) I killed it.


I'm hoping the people rating the posters are thinking that they're books.
I think most of them are. Once in a while they don't seem to be.
I think most of them are. Once in a while they don't seem to be.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29... - 11-digit ISBN that matches up with a less popular edition(this one http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30...) - a random extra # has been added on the end
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31... - duplicate ISBN
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

And now the site seems to have gone wonky so I'm not sure if this post will even take.

This one: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33... Should be merged with this one: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98...
Delete: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33...
This: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33... should be combined with http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89...
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I think this one can go?