Please delete this book! (pt. 5)

[Lisa]

It's still not possible to delete book editions. There's some sort of bug.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Reminder to me:
Delete this once bug is fixed.

[Cait]

Hmm, good thought, rivka.

Reminder to me:
Delete this (merges into most popular)

[Lisa]

I have too many to bother; If I'd written them all down it would have taken ages. I figure I or other librarians will find them eventually.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Bug fixed! :D

To celebrate, I deleted all the ones on this page. I'm on a roll! ;)

[Cait]

\o/

[Lynlee4]

This looks strange. The isbn only came up on Amazon~could it be a typo on Amazon's part?

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59...

[Lisa]

Lynlee, Thanks for finding this one. The book is real. Google had it too. I used the ISBN converter to find the ISBN 13 and added it, and I corrected the typo. dyas days.

[Commit Purple Prose]

Super librarian please delete this book, http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29.... There is one with the correct ISBN 9780143112723, but this one has too many reviews for me to deal with.

Thanks.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Got it.

[jenjn79]

Please delete this book (duplicate with the ISBN10 in the ISBN13 slot). It'll combine with the correct edition, which then needs to be recombined with its brothers and sisters.

[This Is Not The Michael You're Looking For]

Done

[jenjn79]

Michael wrote: "Done"

Thanks, Michael!

[JG (Introverted Reader)]

Please delete Tuesdays With Morrie. It's already combined.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Got it.

I swear, that book sprouts needing-to-be-deleted editions like a rosebush in springtime.

[JG (Introverted Reader)]

Please delete Gone With the Wind. It's already been combined also.

[Lisa]

JG, Got it.

[JG (Introverted Reader)]

Two more:

The Pact
and The Tenth Circle

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Done and done.

[JG (Introverted Reader)]

Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code POSTER has been rated as the book. I combined it with the book so I could delete it, move the reviews to the real book, and then re-enter it as NOT A BOOK. Then I realized that it has 28 reviews. If someone else can delete it, I'll re-enter the NOT A BOOK edition. Thanks!

[Lisa]

JG, Done. Please reenter with ISBNs: 0141321318 (isbn13: 9780141321318)


Edit: Either you already did or it's in there: This is what I got when I keyed in the ISBN 13:

http://www.goodreads.com/search/searc...

[JG (Introverted Reader)]

I had written down a different isbn for that poster. I had 9780149052481 for the NAB edition. When I search for that I get a blank screen. I haven't added anything back in yet.

I just checked google and it does look like my ISBN is a poster. I'll add it back in as NAB now.

Thanks for deleting, Lisa.

[Lisa]

Yes, JG, I see the same. And thanks for adding it back.

[Melody]

I got them.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Got it.

[Nenangs]

Please delete:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32...
to merge with:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42...,
Then, if it's not too much trouble, please combine with these editions:
http://www.goodreads.com/work/edition...

thank you.

[JG (Introverted Reader)]

I've combined To Kill A Mockingbird Activity Pack with the book because it's obvious the reviewers think they're reviewing the actual book. Can someone please delete this and re-enter it? Thanks!

[Melody]

JG and Nenangs - I took care of both requests.

[JG (Introverted Reader)]

American Pastoral
and
American Pastoral
and
The Plot to Destroy America

[Melody]

The first American Pastoral you've listed has a unique cover - so I'm going to leave it alone. But I got the other two.

[JG (Introverted Reader)]

Thanks! I'm glad you were paying attention!

[Ashley]

If anyone wants a project, I just came across this user - from browsing through it looks like she manually added blank editions of all 300+ books on her shelves. I've gone through some starting at the last page, and there are random ones here and there that have already been taken care of. Eek!

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

[jenjn79]

Double Yikes!

I'll help out some.

And perhaps someone should message the user about how to add books to her shelf.

[jenjn79]

Please delete this edition:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60...

It will merge with the appropriate edition. Then recombine that one with the others.

Thanks!

[jenjn79]

Delete:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45...
and probably this one...it's got a funky ISBN
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33...

They'll merge with the correct edition (or closest to the correct edition). Then recombine with the others.

Thanks!

[jenjn79]

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

it'll merge with correct edition. Then recombine.

Thanks!

(and just for the record, that user Ashley posted about...the one who appears to have improperly manually added a couple hundred books...well, they should be tarred and feathered. just my opinion ;)

[Cait]

Isis, I got the first and last of your books -- I think someone else got the middle three!

And I rather think that entering in several hundred books by hand is its own punishment already.... :)

[Melody]

Got them all three.

[jenjn79]

Thanks for getting those!

Cait - yeah, sucks for that person to have entered all those! But sucks for us to have to fix it all.

Has anyone messaged her about this? The most recent added were yesterday, so she's still doing it.

[Lisa]

Not the only member to do this. When I'm deleting "blank" editions to combine with existing information packed editions, I tend to run into a bunch of member names, but many are familiar because they've manually added books already in the database on many occasions.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

True, Lisa. But 300!

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Has anyone messaged her about this?

I'll do it, but only if we can confirm that no one else has already done so. Don't want to come down too hard on the poor woman for an innocent mistake. But she added another today (I just got it), so . . .

[Ashley]

Thanks everyone! Rivka, I haven't messaged her. It looks like she's been adding some more today too.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Yeah, right now! ;)

I just messaged her (based on the fact that the evidence indicted no one else has).

[jenjn79]

Either something wonky is going on, or the person in question may have deleted their account. I'm getting error messages on their bookshelf and profile.

Which is a big problem...how are we to fix the books if we don't have the shelf anymore?

If the person did indeed delete their account, we may need help from Otis & Co on this one.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

It doesn't look like she did -- I still see her reviews. Maybe too many librarians spoiled the broth? ;)

I'll email MICHAEL.

[jenjn79]

Could be that we short-circuited something ;)

Bummer, too. I was on a role.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

So was I. So were several others. Hence the problem, I imagine.

[Lisa]

Thanks Rivka!

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Either he fixed it or it resolved on its own. phew!

Edit: bookshelves still borked. >_<