This "author" needs help

[vicki_girl]

I have run into the same issue with "Alain". He is really Emile Auguste Chartier (wikipedia link below).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_Au...

I have no problem listing them under their real names; however, didn't we decide in another thread to list people by the name given on the work?

[vicki_girl]

Please add "Quadrige" to either the single-name or Sysiphus list. I believe it is a publisher...

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

There are 118 books under this name right now.

[Cait]

Hmm. I would lean to "ADAMS" as the name, if that's the pseudonym the author is publishing under....

[rivka, Former Moderator]

I have no problem listing them under their real names; however, didn't we decide in another thread to list people by the name given on the work?

What, consistency you want? ;)

I dunno. I think it's the single-name thing that makes me lean toward real names. But you're right that it's inconsistent.

[Richard]

I tried to merge this author with Lewis Carroll, but get a persistent error. I couldn't find the book on the Combination page, either:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

This author should be merged with Eugenie Fernandes, but again I get the 'unexpected error' message:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

And these are both actually J.K. Rowling, but I don't know the policy for non-english names for authors...:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Those last two should be combined into JKR's regular profile.

One of the 599 editions has Carol as the first author and Caroll as the second. It won't let you merge them until you find that edition and remove the second author. Then you should have no problem. Happy hunting? ;)

Same problem with Fernandez, but the hunting is pretty simple.

[Corinne]

I hate to burden you all with these:
(sorry for repeats)
Unknown
Unknown Author
Unknown Christian
Unknown.
Unknown 02

[Richard]

rivka wrote: ..."One of the 599 editions has Carol as the first author and Caroll as the second. It won't let you merge them until you find that editio..."

Got it. It was the Kindle edition....

And the three authors were: Lewis Carroll, Lewis Carol, Lewis Carroll.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

As long as none was Lewis RickRoll, I think we're good.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

F and Z are both real authors (psudonyms).

[Corinne]

IEEE

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

IEEE is a scientific society; it's books are predominantly conference proceedings, all of which should theoretically have editors, but in some cases may not. In theory, I think you can look up any of their publications on their website (www.ieee.org) if anyone wants to troll through it looking for the correct info.

[Sherry]

Michael wrote: "IEEE is a scientific society; it's books are predominantly conference proceedings, all of which should theoretically have editors, but in some cases may not. In theory, I think you can look up any ..."

I think that I have access to at least some of these at work. I'll look and see if there are logical editors. There certainly is a conference chair who (along with a committee) was responsible for the selection of these papers and transactions.

[David]

Author: Juan Ramón Jiménez

Well, being a name with TWO accents imagine how many combinations there were?!?!?! Plus, some Jiminez, Jíminez, Ramon Juan's, etc, etc.

I'm trying to fix what I can and HAVE A QUESTION: is it possible to DELETE an author with no books?

The thing is, for example: Juan Ramon Jimenez Mantecon (yet another variation).

[mlady_rebecca]

I'm trying to fix what I can and HAVE A QUESTION: is it possible to DELETE an author with no books?

You have to merge the empty author profile with another author, by changing the empty profile to match the profile you want to merge to.

For example, I've merged CS Lewis (no periods) into C.S. Lewis.

[JG (Introverted Reader)]

I'm too tired to do this myself.

none given only has about 10 works to straighten out.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

I'll take it.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Another author needing help from the disambig wizards:
David J. Williams
David Williams
Looks like the bio on the second (and some of the books?) really belongs to the first. In any case, there look to be at least 3 or 4 authors by some version of the name(s).

[JG (Introverted Reader)]

Thanks for taking care of "none given," Rivka.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Some of them were bizarre. Most were just no-author, use-publisher-instead books though.

[Vitali]

Sherry, I am sorry, I did not see your question (message # 202) earlier. If you have time, please tell me if I can remove the author from the list.

Rivka, I will add the description for the real authors tomorrow (because now I feel exactly as Kafka at 1 July 1914 Ha-ha). I did not do this earlier, and librarians had to do a double work. Sorry...

[rivka, Former Moderator]

That's definitely the long way around for that line!

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

Another non-author which could use a little work (only 10 entries): Anthology

[Vitali]

I added it to the list, Thank you.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

You can remove it now. ;)

[Vitali]

Great Scott! You are fast. I suspect that you found the flux capacitor :)

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Shhhhhh! That's a secret.

[Sherry]

Robert Wilson
Robert A. Wilson
Bob Wilson
Robert A Wilson
Robert Anton Wilson

I need some help sorting these out and adding them to the disambiguation list ... Way too confusing for me.

We really do need an "ISBN" for authors!

[vicki_girl]

I have been working a bit on Arthur Conan Doyle, specifically "A Study in Scarlet". There are a few editions of this book that are actually 'Dramatizations'. I think at the very least these should be separated from the main work, as they qualify as adaptations, in my mind. However, I am wondering if they should be marked as NOT A BOOK.

What do you guys think?

[Rhia]

i dont think paolini wrote the jungle book...

Christoper Paolini

[Cait]

Except for Molecular Design in Medicinal Chemistry (can anyone identify this book?!) and Woman's Divine Destiny (I dropped a comment to the two people who have it shelved and one of them has updated the book to the full author, huzzah!) -- except for that, I have Andrews and Austin down to only actual books authored by those pseudonyms.

[Sherry]

You can take Hussey off the single author list.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

I made it through S-Z on the single author list. Most are gone; a few have one or two left I couldn't find; and several are legitimate one-name (or one-initial) pseudonyms.

[Sherry]

Oh no, I think I have screwed it up. I just merged the author Kurt Vonnegut (incorrect) with Kurt Vonnegut Jr. - the correct one. But.... It looks like all of the author information has disappeared.
What did I do?????

Sherry

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Can you use the back button on your browser (this should work if you have Firefox) to find the information? Otherwise, check your librarian log.

[Sherry]

rivka wrote: "Can you use the back button on your browser (this should work if you have Firefox) to find the information? Otherwise, check your librarian log."

This didn't help. In fact, all of the previous librarian edits have disappeared.

Arrrggghhhh. Can I cry now?

[rivka, Former Moderator]

That's so weird!

[Vitali]

It's only biographical data that is lost, but we can always add it later. Don't worry :)

A similar thing happened to me too - I merged the profile of "St Bonaventure" with "St. Bonaventure". The second profile had a picture and biographical data, but after the merge this information disappeared.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

vitalinew wrote: " It's only biographical data that is lost, but we can always add it later. Don't worry :) "

Definitely. We've all been there!

[Nenangs]

You people are really amazing!

Due to my preference to Comics, I've been working the Morris (Maurice de Bevere) and René Goscinny. Along the way I found out about Albert Uderzo and Jean-Jacques Sempe. Sometimes it's sooo frustrating, so many books with several authors, with several misname(?) and mistype.
I can't begin to imagine how some of you can keep your vigilance like that.

Anyway, about Morris (Maurice de Bevere), I have doubts about some books in his collection. I think they belong to some other Morris, but I'm not so sure whether it's true or not, and even if I'm sure (in some cases) I don't know to which Morris they belong to. Can someone check these out, please?

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/97...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38...

Thank you.

[Cait]

Many librarians make light work -- I think we got 'em all, Nenangs! Nice work putting that list together.

(And many thanks for tackling René Goscinny. All of those misfiled Asterix books terrified me!)

[rivka, Former Moderator]

I got almost all of the P-R's (couldn't find a couple, and a couple are legit one-name authors).

[Ubik]

Wasnt quite sure where to post this, but unless Im having a serious brain fart, there is something wrong with this author. Why does that random Chandler release come up there?

[Cait]

Ubik wrote: "Wasnt quite sure where to post this, but unless Im having a serious brain fart, there is something wrong with this author. Why does that random Chandler release come up there?"

Because Gimson is listed as the editor on this edition of that Chandler book, but that edition isn't the most popular so it isn't the one that shows "on top".

[Vitali]

Why does that random Chandler release come up there?

There is a book edited by Ramsaran and it is combined with Chandler's book. It is part of "Alpha Books" series, so maybe it is abridged edition or pronunciation guide of "The Big Sleep". (I don't know for sure.)

[Ubik]

Oh, OK that makes sense now. Of course if you just look at the title, the Gimson name wasnt on there at that time hence my confusion. THanks for clearing that up Cait and vitalinew!

[vicki_girl]

Please add Golden Books to the Sisyphus list. I have been doing some, but there's over 1100 books listed right now and it seems to grow faster than I can edit them...

[Kay]

someonme needs to seprate Peter atkins and Peter W atkins in the listings - one is the author of fiction and the the other molecular chemistry and are obviously not the same person !
some of the books are muddled...

[Vitali]

I changed "Peter W. Atkins" (the chemist) to "P.W. Atkins"; Peter J. Atkins to P.J. Atkins; the profile of "Peter Atkins" contains works by several authors.

[Summer]

What are the chances that these are four different people? I think maybe they are two different people, but which is correct?
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...