Strange classification of author

[Greg]

I'm just wondering why some role-playing game modules or scenarios have been given an author called 'Module'. Is it because some users find this useful to locate modules for different games or is it an artifact of importing book data from other databases?

[rivka, Former Moderator]

The latter. Definitely should be removed as an author from each one it appears on now.

[Lobstergirl]

Almost certainly it's an importing data thing. Since Module is the secondary author in all of those cases except one, I'm guessing it's an author that can be deleted (once the one book is given a replacement author).

[Greg]

OK I can work on those that have Module as the secondary author.

[Greg]

I've removed 'Module' as an author from all 18 works. I've also corrected a lot of the data for the Star Wars Role-Playing module that had only 'module' as its author (i.e. The Politics of Contraband (Star Wars: The Role-playing Game)), including its title, authorship and pagination, by using data about the book on WorldCat and from what can be seen on the cover picture. There may need to be additional editing work on that module (e.g. regarding the series number).

I presume a Super needs to delete the author Module now that there are no longer any works associated with it.

[Lobstergirl]

I think there is going to be some script that comes along and deletes all the bookless authors (there are many).

[Greg]

That would be very useful! But can they be deleted manually at the moment?

[Lobstergirl]

I'm fairly certain no.

[Greg]

Oh I see. So the script is not just a labour-saving device then.