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Please edit or correct or delete this quote. (part 2)
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Aug 27, 2012 12:25PM
If the quotes are not from books they should be from someone "notable".
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Melody wrote: "If the quotes are not from books they should be from someone "notable"."Like me! I say some really good stuff!
Vicky wrote: "If we don't allow complete poems... should we allow a complete blog post?"I like the quote but not enough to get into ANOTHER firestorm.
We might not allow complete poems but there is no shortage of complete poems in the quotes database. Like this one with 21000 likes
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/229-a...
there are another 5 complete Tolkien poems on the first page of his quotes.
Sorry, I'm not sure about changing quotes, I think this is the right place? So I found this quote, which is apparently commonly misattributed to Lincoln, but originates from Artemus Ward but may not have come into its current form until Max Beerbohm's novel Zuleika Dobson.
Should it belong to Ward, or Beerbohm? It probably shouldn't continue to be attributed to Lincoln.
There are two more versions of the not-Lincoln quote, both attributed to Muriel Spark from The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/61559...
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/25909...
I noticed there are two extraneous line jumps in this quote I added recently:http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/61120...
Please remove them.
Thanks!
Merged the quotes in 475; Fixed 476.Not sure what to do about attribution in 474/475. Marie, do you have sources that could be checked/reviewed? Banjomike, for that one, it is slightly different, and it is in the book. I'm not sure if we usually merge them in that case. I think I will update the Muriel Spark quote to be the actual text from the book though.
"Old" version of Muriel Spark's quote:
For people who like that sort of thing, that is the sort of thing they like.
Updated version:
"For those who like that sort of thing," said Miss Brodie in her best Edinburgh voice, "That is the sort of thing they like."
Well, here's the discussion in the book The Quote Verifier: Who Said What, Where, and When according to Google's book search.
vicki_girl, there are NO confirmable references that Abe DID say it but quite a few that make a good stab at showing that he didn'thttp://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZB...
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ck...
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=L1...
Could a librarian please remove the line break before the last word in the last quote on this page?http://www.goodreads.com/author/quote...
“Your goal should be permanent, not rapid, weight loss. Losing even a half pound a week that doesn’t come back is better than losing four pounds that
do.”
Can you attribute this quote to Born Wicked?http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/62725...
Attribute this to Eden?
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/57119...
And delete this one?
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/62711...
One small typo in this one.
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/59983...
“I will love you, Meena," he said fiercely, "until the end of time. I will never stop loving you. My life, before I met you, was nothing. Can you understand that? My life was nothing, meant nothing, even if I may not have known it. And then you came along, and suddening, everything I knew, or thought I knew, was turned upside down. I will never be the same again. How could I be? You have shown me what it is to love, to feel and laugh and, yes, even to feel alive again. So whether you choose to be one with me or not, I will go on loving you, Meena, even after you are a rotting corpse in the ground. But, Meena, I would like to do whatever I can to prevent you from turning into a corpse. I think I mentioned that before.”
And in this one.
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/62286...
“Who knew that you would be The One," I smile, "which I guess makes me your Trinity."
"My Amidala."
"Your Zira."
"My Sylvia."
"Your..." I scour my brain, trying to remember some other great sci-fi love interest.
"Ha! I'm your Saphira," I settle back smugly, only for Trevor to start laughing.
"Saphira is a dragon.”
483 mostly done, but I have two questions. First, why does that quote need to be deleted? And second, in the Meg Cabot quote there is a part that says "...then you came along, and suddening, everything I knew...", is this correct?
lafon حمزة wrote: "483 mostly done, but I have two questions. First, why does that quote need to be deleted? And second, in the Meg Cabot quote there is a part that says "...then you came along, and suddening, everyt..."I guess you dont have to delete it. I just cant remember why I added it. Its nothing special, but its no big deal. If it is staying it should be attributed to Born Wicked as well. And do you mean 'suddenly' was italicized? Possibly. I dont remember.
Need a super to delete:(all song lyrics)
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/16697...
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/12780...
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/20338...
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/14238...
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/19742...
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/15943...
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/15993...
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/15943...
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/15451...
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/57351...
Some more...http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/25952...
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/15767...
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/14569...
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/12775...
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/35697...
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/27418...
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/25487...
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/22537...
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/29896...
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/19917...
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/19918...
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/32874...
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/32845...
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/31387...
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/27793...
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/20961...
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/20163...
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/28554...
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/22157...
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/21024...
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/21030...
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/20607...
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/21067...
There will probably be more. I'm on a song lyrics rampage today.
Marie wrote: "Well, here's the discussion in the book The Quote Verifier: Who Said What, Where, and When according to Google's book search."Okay, I changed the Lincoln quote to Max Beerbohm, since that wording most closely matched what was already in place. I also added a tag to note that it is commonly mis-attributed. (If there is a better way to do this let me know.)
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/16867...
Since Artemus Ward is credited for originating the witticism, I added his quote as a new item.
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/62796...
If you provide a link to the quote, and a description of the error, we can get it fixed for you (usually fairly quickly).
I added this quote but it wasn't attached to the book. Not sure how I do that. Was supposed to be attached to The Sea of Tranquility but it just lists me as author. Thanks!http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/62859...
Someone else added quotes from my books, and there are misspellings. Is there a way for me to fix these?
Thank you!!
Thank you!!
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I added this quote - Horseness is the whatness of allhorse. Streams of tendency and eons they worship. God: noise in the street: very peripatetic.http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/62908...
It's from Ulysses, not The Critical Writings. (The books to select from column was blank but somehow I chose the wrong one).
Thanks
rivka wrote: "I got the two I saw. If there are more, just post here and someone will fix them."
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it. :)
Could I have just this one thing fixed, too? (see below) Rhys' part should be in italics since his voice is in her head:
“Oh, my God. What was she thinking?! Sex - even superior mind-blowing sex - wasn't worth not being able to see again. Then again...
Rhys chuckled in her ear, his hand splayed across her belly. Interesting train of thought. Shit, I knew I was good, but to the point of wishing you were blind? Damn, I'm a god!”
Again...thanks so much!
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it. :)
Could I have just this one thing fixed, too? (see below) Rhys' part should be in italics since his voice is in her head:
“Oh, my God. What was she thinking?! Sex - even superior mind-blowing sex - wasn't worth not being able to see again. Then again...
Rhys chuckled in her ear, his hand splayed across her belly. Interesting train of thought. Shit, I knew I was good, but to the point of wishing you were blind? Damn, I'm a god!”
Again...thanks so much!
I have just been granted librarian status and attempted to add an ebook version to my husband Ian Moore-Morrans' book, From Poverty to Poverty: A Scotsman Encounters Canada and then combine all three versions of that book. Instead I somehow combined his other book listed on this site, Beyond the Phantom Battle: at Loch Ashie, with the first book. How do I separate the two books which each are available in Hardcover, Softcover and ebook versions?
Gayle wrote: "I have just been granted librarian status and attempted to add an ebook version to my husband Ian Moore-Morrans' book, From Poverty to Poverty: A Scotsman Encounters Canada and then combine all thr..."Done it. Separated and combined.
Yodante wrote: "I added this qoute - Horseness is the whatness of allhorse. Streams of tendency and eons they worship. God: noise in the street: very peripatetic.http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/62908...-..."
I keep getting an error message when I try to correct it.
Melody wrote: "I keep getting an error message when I try to correct it. "Yup. It has been doing it for me too. Yesterday I couldn't get into my Librarian stats. I expect there is work going on behind the scenes.
[digs out copy of SAS Survival Guide]
What caused this? I know there have been discussions on the Marilyn Monroe quote "I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure..." but have we now got proof that she didn't say it?http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8630-...
I spent hours searching and got nowhere. I don't disagree with giving it to "Unknown" but I would love to know the source.
If it is Unknown - then shouldn't it be deleted?
Melody wrote: "If it is Unknown - then shouldn't it be deleted?"Not in my book. Some of the best quotes have no known author. I'm just wondering what tipped the balance against MM.
I thought that we only allowed authors and notable people. Looked at the librarian manual and we really don't address this though. It has been discussed numerous times in this discussion thread. Why oh why would we allow Unknown when we don't allow regular people to put their quotes? Seems to me this allows ANY item unless it is wrongly attributed to a source.
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Yes, unless it is from a specific book with an Unknown author.
It was a goodreads' employee who changed the quote to unknown. Actually they changed it to unknown author and a librarian changed it to unknown. But still - that makes me uneasy about deleting it.
I moved it from Unknown Author to Unknown because I was working on getting rid of the redundant "Unknown Author" author. I didn't even notice that it was previously attributed to anyone else. As a side note... I find it odd that an employee moved it to "Unknown Author" instead of Unknown. I tried to do some searching but couldn't find anything that either confirms or denies Marilyn Monroe.
Mod
I find that odd too. And I agree unknown author should have been merged with Unknown.
Mod
rivka wrote: "Re-attributed to Marilyn Monroe."Hm, but still no proof either way, presumably.
Mod
rivka wrote: "Absence of proof is not proof of absence. Or something like that. ;)"I agree. Or maybe not. Or both.
rivka wrote: "Absence of proof is not proof of absence. Or something like that. ;)"Can I quote you on that? With credit of course.
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I don't meet GR's notability guidelines.
Melody wrote: "rivka wrote: "Absence of proof is not proof of absence. Or something like that. ;)"Can I quote you on that? With credit of course."
Well, rivka certainly is notable!
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