This "author" needs help

[Kaion]

Got 403.

[Catherine]

Brom (no surname) comes up in the list of single name authors. Can he just be listed as "Brom" rather than adding the (no surname)? Or is there a different way to show the "no surname" as currently when books are filed alphabetically by author, he shows up under "surname" rather than Brom.

[Abcdarian]

Brom (#405) is fixed.

[Shomeret]

This authorMiriam Ann Moore and this authorMiriam A. Mooreare the same one. Please combine.

[Paula]

Merged under Miriam Ann Moore as that is what LOC has her as

[Kaion]

I separated two...

1) Mark^Perry: "an American author specializing in military, intelligence and foreign affairs analysis" http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Per...)

2) Mark^^Perry: musician/music writer http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Per...)

But I think I've hit a bit of a wall with the rest: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
I feel like one is the Baha'i activist, and there may be one educator and another Christian writer?

[Jessica]

This one needs help:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

[Keith]

In case anyone cares or is keeping score, I am slowly working my way thru:

Crown (publisher sometimes claims author credit)
Simon (I know the legit SNA well)
Smith (Is there a legit SNA for this one?)

EDIT: Simon is now clean, and updated on Amazon as well.

[Cait]

FRANCO

[Evelyn]

Could you please combine author Evelyn M. Byrne and Evelyn M Byrne and my books as well. Thank you

[willaful]

Books combined. I'm not finding you under more than one name, maybe someone else got it.

[Evelyn]

willaful wrote: "Books combined. I'm not finding you under more than one name, maybe someone else got it."

Willaful,
The first one is the right one. The second one is just there.

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

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

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Got it.

[TinaNoir]

This author TA Ford is also this author T.A. Ford.

Thanks

[Chris]

Got it.

[Jemidar]

This guy needs deleting http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... Thanks!

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Got it. You know, you can combine two versions of an author and move ALL their books over at once by just editing one author (on the author page) to match the other, saving, and choosing.

[Jemidar]

Now she tells me...lol. Thanks rivka!

[rivka, Former Moderator]

It's in the manual. But it's not a huge section, so it's easy enough to miss.

[Jemidar]

(Smacks self on forehead.) Thanks again :-).

[Stacey]

Cait wrote: "FRANCO"

Took care of Franco.

[Laura]

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

Definitely needs work. Ordering of series, names of series, languages, etc.

[willaful]

I'm somewhat familiar with her, so I'll tackle it. I see that the nonfiction series has gotten mixed up with the fiction series, so it's a mess all right.

[Kaion]

Heh, I already put some time into it, so hopefully I didn't screw it up more for you, willaful.

[willaful]

Okay, I have the series set up for the Magic Treehouse series (http://www.goodreads.com/series/41463...), the Merlin Missions (http://www.goodreads.com/series/50201...) and the research guides (http://www.goodreads.com/series/50200...), with links between the three. I finished adding all the titles to the research guide and the merlin missions, still have to complete the original series.

Edited to add -- all added. :-)

Because the series is already quite long and unwieldy, I haven't added the many, many omnibus editions. Does anyone feel strongly that they should be added?

[Laura]

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

Another one with languages and I think there's been a mix up because she's listed as writing a manual and a science textbook.

[Kaion]

On the combining/moving-authorship side of Mary Pope Osborne, I think I've got it all. Would do more with the titles, but we haven't finalized the series thing yet, so I left it.

One I found: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

[Laura]

Another one with lots of series: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

[Kaion]

Weren't some librarians arguing about the Nancy Drew books, though? I can't remember if a consensus was reached.

[willaful]

I'm working on 430. It's a number of different authors.

[Lobstergirl]

Don't know if this one has already been posted....

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

Oh, I think that is the new NOT A BOOK.

[Gustavo]

Thomas Ritter appears in the GR database as one person, but I suspect they're actually at leas 2, because there are in his GR-page novels in German and business studies in English. I've tried to look him up, but there's no much info about him (in Wikipedia the only information under that name is about a German soccer player).

[Ibis3]

Not sure what the protocol is for adding an author picture, but Rosanna Eleanor Leprohonneeds one. She died in 1879, so there can't be any copyright issues. A google search turns up a gif that looks big enough. Not great quality, but something is better than nothing?

[Rui]

Hi hi. Can these two authors be combined, please?
Jin Yong: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
and Louis Cha: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

"Jin Yong" is his pen name, which he uses almost every time, but "Louis Cha" (his actual name) appears on certain English versions of his publications, rather than his pen name. Hence both are accurate, but don't need 2 separate people pages. ^_^

The other tricky thing is: Is there a way to indicate to a person who is editing the author field or creating a new book, that they are supposed to use a certain version of his name on GR? (so like, if the GR name we use is "Jin Yong", when someone enters "Louis Cha" into author field is there a prompt or something to say "use 'Jin Yong' --- the way it prompts/lists for when people enter titles?)

And how do we make sure that people who SEARCH for one name gets directed to the same/GR name? (sorta similar to the above outlined issue, but in the search engine, rather than the book data entry field...)


Thanks!

[Laura]

http://www.goodreads.com/book/combine...

Lots of German!

[Kaion]

#437 Rui, I didn't want to completely delete the Louis Cha profile (am I completely off-base in remembering that the PTB are looking for a way to have pseudonyms?), but I put Jin Yong in as the primary author.

(And OT, but I've been meaning to read Demigods and Semidevils forever!)

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Ibis3 wrote: "Not sure what the protocol is for adding an author picture, but Rosanna Eleanor Leprohonneeds one. She died in 1879, so there can't be any copyright issues. A google search turns u..."

Got it.

[Niledaughter]

wrong page for Paulo Coelho
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

do we need to fix each book ?

[rivka, Former Moderator]

I got it.

[Laura]

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

Multiples of same author.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Fixed.

[Kelly (Maybedog)]

I think this is actually two (or more) different people:

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

Amazon's description of her is only about Creative Writing, no Medieval or Islamic stuff. But I'm not sure how to figure it out for sure or prove it. Suggestions?

[Kaion]

Google?

http://www.arts.cornell.edu/histart/r...
http://cynthiarobinsonauthor.com/main/

Dunno about the possible third one though. When in doubt, I would just leave a "various" note on the "extra" books left over.

[Abcdarian]

Done.

[willaful]

I'm working on editions of Bambi. I'm wondering how to deal with those attributed to Walt Disney: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17...

I think there may be actual works by Disney and it's not accurate to have everything associated with the company under his name. Much though he might have liked it. ;-)

WorldCat has the author listed for some of the movie adaptations, but not all.

[Kelly (Maybedog)]

Thanks Abcdarian!

[Fjeronimo]

Hi guys,

I'm not sure if the '"Single-name" authors' thread is still active (since the last update is almost two years old), but here is a new author to consider:

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

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Even when that thread was active, it was primarily for authors needing work. That one looks ok.

[Lobstergirl]

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

[Giacomo]

rivka wrote: "Even when that thread was active, it was primarily for authors needing work. That one looks ok."

What a mess the automatic imports! Some cleaning done. Please let me know if you find something else.