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Luann
(last edited Feb 25, 2009 02:15AM)
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Aug 05, 2008 10:28PM
Looks like we have a disgruntled fan vandalizing the Breaking Dawn page. She added some interesting sentences to the book description and some very interesting character descriptions. I refreshed the book data from Amazon and removed her character descriptions. Should I report the user somewhere so that it won't just all get changed back?
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Luann, thanks so much for pointing out the problem! Stuff like that is definitely not tolerated on Goodreads. I read through the edit log of the book...disgruntled fan is right!I sent a message through the contact page to the GR admins pointing out the problem. They'll most likely do something to rectify the situation.
Thanks, Isis! I thought there probably was a place to report it, but I've never come across anything like that here before and didn't want to overstep my bounds.
Rogue librarians who makes changes like the one you pointed out are fairly rare, I think. But every once in a while, you come across something really bizarre. Goodreads takes librarians privileges seriously so they definitely want to know if someone is abusing those privileges.Posting in the Librarians group is one way to bring an issue like this to someone's attention, but the quickest way is probably to use the "contact" link down at the bottom of every page.
Thanks for pointing that out! I've never paid much attention to that "contact us" link before. Hopefully I'll never come across anything like that again, but if I do I'll know what to do. :)
WoW! She really didn't like that book. Stating your opinion in the right place is one thing, but going in and editing the book data! We shuld probably keep an eye on those Stephenie Meyer fans, I have a feeling some more might attempt something similar seeing as the book is so different than the rest of the series and this is going to polorize people. I think she has definetally alienated some people.
You know, It looks like one of those cases where someone mistook the book description field for the review field.
Lisa - she also changed the character names in the characters field to something completely inappropriate. So I think it was done intentionally.
Isis, You must be right. It was obviously completely inappropriate given that the book is part of the database that serves over a million people, with almost as many opinions. I suspect that Goodreads will revoke her librarian status.
Thanks for contacting us, Isis, and thanks to everyone who corrected the book data so promptly. I have contacted the guilty member and revoked librarian privileges. She included a full description of the book plot, spoilers and all! That's a sure-fire way to enrage fans.Thanks again!
Wow! Glad you caught that so quickly Isis. Some people would have been horribly spoiled had they seen it. Jessica, I'm glad her librarian privilege were revoked. Disliking the book is one thing, but there's no need to ruin the fun for others.
