Please edit or correct or delete this quote. (part 2)

[Marie]

I think these two Melville quotes should be merged:

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/78652..."

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/24304...

[Melody]

Done

[Beth]

#522 done.

[lafon حمزة]

Got it, 524.

[[deleted user]]

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/63177...

Woops this should be Steven Johnson not Johnson Steven. It is from Steven Johnson's book "Where Good Ideas Come From".

[lafon حمزة]

Fixed.

[Riona]

I'm having trouble deleting two spam "quotes":

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/63168...

and

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/63167...


Each time I try to get to the edit page I get a "Page Unavailable: An unexpected error occurred" message. Anyone else?

[Banjomike]

Riona wrote: "I'm having trouble deleting two spam "quotes":
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/63168...
and
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/63167...
Each time I try to get to the edit page I get a "Page Unavailable: An unexpected error occurred" message. Anyone else? "

That bug has been reported.

The quotes need to be flagged rather than just deleted. The poster might get an earful from GR (or Rivka).

EDIT: posting here should count as flagging.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Yeah, I think that may be a bug. I'll ask someone to take a look.

[Banjomike]

This is the link to the bug report. From 21st Sept.

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

[rivka, Former Moderator]

The OP in that thread is talking about something completely different. Tacking on possibly related issues to a Feedback thread is most often going to cause it to be overlooked.

[Banjomike]

rivka wrote: "The OP in that thread is talking about something completely different. Tacking on possibly related issues to a Feedback thread is most often going to cause it to be overlooked."

I seems to be the same error. The symptoms at least are identical and current.

[zeyno]

Hello. The other day I've added this quote and now I've realized that I've made a typo. Here's the link. http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/63271...
I've written whp instead of who. If someone can fix this I'll be glad.

[Banjomike]

Larien wrote: "Hello. The other day I've added this quote and now I've realized that I've made a typo. Here's the link. http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/63271...
I've written whp instead of who. If someone can fix this I'll be glad."

Done (and fixed newslatter). Added link to Bluebeard, I think that is correct.

[zeyno]

Banjomike wrote: "Larien wrote: "Hello. The other day I've added this quote and now I've realized that I've made a typo. Here's the link. http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/63271...
I've written whp instead of who. If ..."

Thank you so much Banjomike.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

rivka wrote: "Yeah, I think that may be a bug. I'll ask someone to take a look."

Bug fixed and spam quotes deleted

[Banjomike]

Shannon wrote: "I need someone to move all of my quotes off of Shannon L. Alder's page

(http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...) and move them to my other account which is

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

Can you please do this... Don't erase them just simply move them to:

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

Moved 21 quotes to "Shannon Alder" from "Shannon L. Alder"

[Marie]

What about this quote:

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/48740...

It was just recommended to me apropos of nothing, by the author, who has an author page with no books and attributed to nothing but this quote? Is that how it's supposed to work? He has no other quotes. I'm also not sure if it's entirely original.

(As a user, he's on my friends list, but I don't know that we've interacted otherwise)

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Adding a quote does create an "author" page. However, quotes from people who do not meet the notability guidelines should not be added.

I deleted that one.

[Katja]

This quote was added to my book but the last line "I hope..." is not part of the quote it's part of someone's review. Can you please remove the last line. Thank you.
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/63317...

[lafon حمزة]

removed that part.

[Katja]

Is there any way you could PLEASE delete this quote from The Sea of Tranquility? Thank you so much!

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/63330...

[Paula]

Why? Users are entitled to add quotes. If you had added it yourself then that is a different matter but someone else appears to have added it.

If the quote is not from your book or is mis-quoted then we can correct those things

[Katja]

The user who added the quote tried to remove it herself. She removed it from her list but could not delete it entirely. It gives away the entire mystery/ending of the book in that one line. She didn't realize it would be going up on update feeds and it is a huge spoiler and a disservice to any reader who hasn't read the book yet. Thank you so much for understanding.

[Banjomike]

Katja wrote: "The user who added the quote tried to remove it herself. She removed it from her list but could not delete it entirely. It gives away the entire mystery/ending of the book in that one line. She didn't realize it would be going up on update feeds and it is a huge spoiler and a disservice to any reader who hasn't read the book yet. Thank you so much for understanding. "

I've deleted it.

I have a down on this type of spoiler. Try my poll to see why.
http://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/71429

[Katja]

Banjomike wrote: "Katja wrote: "The user who added the quote tried to remove it herself. She removed it from her list but could not delete it entirely. It gives away the entire mystery/ending of the book in that one..."

Thank you so much. I truly appreciate it!

[Heather]

Over 60,000 people like this quote attributed to Bernard M. Baruch, but as far as I can tell, it is part of a line from Dr. Seuss. Anyone finding what I'm finding?

"Those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."

[Dan]

newbie here. not sure I am posting this in the right place...this quote is attributed to Andy Warhol but a lot of sources attribute it to Confucius. And I think he predates Warhol. :-)

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/23555...

[Paula]

re 549

Discussion on this before and decision to leave with Bernard M. Baruch

http://www.goodreads.com/group/commen...

[Paula]

got 550

[Heather]

Interesting. Thanks.

Paula wrote: "re 549

Discussion on this before and decision to leave with Bernard M. Baruch

http://www.goodreads.com/group/commen......"

[Lobna]

please, i want delete this quotes.


http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/571726
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/571187

[Gryph]

Lobna wrote: "please, i want delete this quotes.


http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/571726
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/571187"

They've been deleted per another thread that you posted to Lobna :)

[Marcelle]

Can't seem to do it myself, so please delete these two quotes http://www.goodreads.com/author/quote...

Thanks

[Melody]

gone

[Marie]

These two quotes are the same:

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/11500...

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/35515...

[vicki_girl]

#558 - quotes merged.

[Marie]

This is the original: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/2597-...

And this is another author quoted as quoting the original:
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/42675...

[Banjomike]

Marie wrote: "This is the original: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/2597-...

And this is another author quoted as quoting the original:
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/42675......"

Done, and combined.

[Abigail]

Are quotes allowed to be mashups of a bunch of quotes by different people? http://www.goodreads.com/author/quote... Maybe if they were separated into their constituent quotes?

[Gryph]

Abigail wrote: "Are quotes allowed to be mashups of a bunch of quotes by different people? http://www.goodreads.com/author/quote... Maybe if they were separated into their constit..."

Greetings Abigail,

I'm currently working on separating these. Good catch!!!

UPDATE: All have been separated :) I don't see an option for deleting it however ... possible SUPER needed :)

[Abigail]

Thanks C-Cose!

[Abigail]

I'm sure this is accurately quoted from the book it is said to be in, but it is simply a weather-forecasting proverb of long standing, and so should probably be marked anonymous (unless this specific form can be found to have been originated by this author, which I rather doubt).

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/38546...

[Abigail]

These and the following clusters of quotes from L. M. Montgomery all need to be merged. A handful may be up to the librarians' discretion, since a few are perhaps different enough (long form of quote and short form of same quote) to warrant remaining two quotes. But most are identical or near identical. Quotes were verified from Project Gutenberg (and in one case Project Gutenberg Australia): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...

~~~Quote cluster A; a case for librarian discretion whether to merge.
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/16086... Full paragraph

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/36501... Single sentence from above paragraph. If kept, should be comma after the word "music," not semi-colon: "music, perhaps"

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/35975... Excerpt from above sentence.

=====Cluster B
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/29734... Keep this one, but change "sky - up, up, up - into" to "sky—up—up—up—into" (dashes, not commas or hyphens)

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/54994... This one is same as above except more typos, so merge with above.

=====C
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/45451... Correct form; the others are either duplicate or not quite exact.

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/44956...

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/44734...

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/53847...

[Abigail]

Merge

Cluster D
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/35377... Correct form.

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/78441...

=====E
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/50383... Correct form. Also, add that it is from Anne of Avonlea.

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/18564... Duplicate, but with typos.

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/4817-... Shorter by one sentence. Librarian discretion?

=====F

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/28043... The exact form that's in the book.

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/66110...

[Abigail]

Merge

Quote Cluster G
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/10123... Add "Because" to beginning of sentence; separate "worthwhile" into "worth [space] while" (that's how the Project Gutenberg edition has it).

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/18189... Inexact duplicate.

=====H
The complete quote that encompasses all the versions below, per the Project Gutenberg edition of Anne of the Island: 'Anne Laughed. [new paragraph] I don't want sunbursts and marble halls. I just want YOU. You see I'm quite as shameless as Phil about it. Sunbursts and marble halls may be all very well, but there is more 'scope for imagination' without them. And as for the waiting, that doesn't matter. We'll just be happy, waiting and working for each other—and dreaming. Oh, dreams will be very sweet now."

Definitely merge these first two single-sentence quotes:
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/87375... Not from Anne of Green Gables.

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/44625... Correct form.

The two remaining forms of this quote are longer, but excerpt alternating bits. It seems to me to make the most sense to have it thus: "I don't want sunbursts and marble halls. I just want YOU. [....] Sunbursts and marble halls may be all very well, but there is more 'scope for imagination' without them. And as for the waiting, that doesn't matter. We'll just be happy, waiting and working for each other—and dreaming. Oh, dreams will be very sweet now." --But librarian discretion required:
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/44625...

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/61821...

=====I

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/39627... Both are correct as far as they go, but I would stick with this very slightly longer form.

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/38546...

[Abigail]

Merge

Cluster J
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/39628... Both accurate, but I would keep this one, for contextualization.

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/14071...

=====K

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/14690... Quotation marks needed after 'Oh,' and before 'how'--so that it will look like this: “Oh," she thought, "how horrible [rest of quote].

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/39628... Duplicate.

=====L

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/26498...

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/48623... Both are accurate to the form in the book, but I'd keep this one for its fuller form.

[Abigail]

Merge

Quote cluster M
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/42575... Keep this slightly fuller form.

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/55718...

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/55718... Judging by the numbers in the url, whoever did the above saw their typo and re-did to this one. Anyway, they are duplicates.

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/42200... This is actually 4 quotes from within Anne of Green Gables that don't go together. The one that's the same as the three above should be deleted. The others should be separated into their own individual quotes, if that's possible and if they aren't also duplicates. Their correct forms are:

"It's good advice, but I expect it will be hard to follow; good advice is apt to be, I think."

"It's so much more romantic to end a story up with a funeral than a wedding."

"That's the worst of growing up, and I'm beginning to realize it. The things you wanted so much when you were a child don't seem half so wonderful to you when you get them."

=====Cluster N
Virtual duplicates:

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/47028... Keep this one, but "What d'ye lack?" should be said twice to be accurate.

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/17626...


=====O

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/24859... Keep.

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/63216... Identical to above except for specifying who said it and where it is found in the book, which isn't really necessary.

=====P

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/39623... Correct.

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/37914... Slightly inexact duplicate.

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/63216... Duplicate with unnecessary info on who said and where.

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/63216... Typoed form of above url, that user realized, so zero likes--delete.

[Banjomike]

C-Cose wrote: "UPDATE: All have been separated :) I don't see an option for deleting it however ... possible SUPER needed :) "

deleted original mash-up.

[Banjomike]

Abigail wrote: "I'm sure this is accurately quoted from the book it is said to be in, but it is simply a weather-forecasting proverb of long standing, and so should probably be marked anonymous (unless this specif..."

Agreed. Marked as anonymous with traditional & nautical as tags