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Book & Author Page Issues > Please delete this book! (pt. 13)

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message 951: by Paula (new)

Paula (paulaan) | 7014 comments Got 964


message 953: by Beth (new)

Beth (bethjustbeth) | 1568 comments #966...after several tries, I've gotten them separated, but cannot get it to delete...getting a bad gateway error...if someone else wants to try, I'd be grateful.


message 954: by lafon حمزة (new)

lafon حمزة نوفل (lafon) | 3544 comments 966-967 had to use the workaround of switching ISBN's. Merged.


message 955: by [deleted user] (new)


message 956: by Beth (new)

Beth (bethjustbeth) | 1568 comments Nate wrote: "This is unbelievably fake.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15..."


Funny thing about that, Nate...all the info says it came from you...deleted.


message 957: by Jessica (new)

Jessica | 963 comments LOL no, this is not Sparta. I'm not sure how the hell he got letters in the ISBN slot, didn't think they could do that. It's gone. NABbed the other.


message 958: by Nenangs (new)

Nenangs | 464 comments pls delete:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/67...

and combine the merge result with:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14...

thanks.


message 959: by Beth (new)

Beth (bethjustbeth) | 1568 comments #972 done.


message 960: by Lobstergirl (new)

Lobstergirl Needs super.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66...

This is supposedly a hard copy but it has an ASIN, and anyway it has the wrong number of pages for the 4-volume work it is supposed to be.


message 961: by Vicky (new)

Vicky (librovert) | 2462 comments #974 Yep, it was one of those used book ASIN imports from forever ago. It's gone!


message 963: by [deleted user] (new)

Teenage Goodreads member Matt Fallenangel dixon somehow got a listing as a goodreads author and someone added two books which he did not write.

I don't know why he chose me but he sent me this message:

"Hey lucas i know we havent talked at all but i was needing of some asstiance because i have recently made an authors page and its came up stories i havent wrote.
Would you be able to remove them or do you know how i can ?"

PLEASE REMOVE THESE BOOKS:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15...

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15...

As for the issue of an unpublished author having an author page, all I can do is inform you.


message 964: by Amara (last edited Aug 29, 2012 11:10PM) (new)

Amara Tanith (aftanith) Well, I'm certainly confused. He got a listing as an author because he entered the books into the system. And he definitely wrote both of those Wattpad stories. Any idea if I'm missing something, or...?

But as far as deleting goes, I'm not sure if it's appropriate to delete these, as they certainly are real works of fiction, and one user has already shelved one of them as to-read. I'll leave it up to rivka or another Super.


As per 979, looks like everything's taken care of.


message 965: by Matt (new)

Matt Dixon (AustinHale) | 3 comments Hello thank you lucas but the ones that i had deleted were the ones that werent mine and the ones that are now there are surely mine :) and i do hope people will love to read and rate them because it toke me a long time to get the stories right for both stories.


message 966: by Renske (new)

Renske | 12220 comments http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10...
(duplicate)
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...
(Book title is a combination of the titles of The Angel's Game and The Shadow of the Wind

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60...
(Error in ISBN13)


message 968: by Beth (new)

Beth (bethjustbeth) | 1568 comments 980 and 981 done, with my magic wand thingy.


message 969: by Paula (last edited Aug 30, 2012 08:54AM) (new)

Paula (paulaan) | 7014 comments We do not delete books that have been published whether that be self published or traditionally published.

Think of this a more a library which would not remove books from their shelves

Edit:

http://www.goodreads.com/help/show/22...

Users want to shelve and review the edition they bought and read


message 970: by Vicky (new)

Vicky (librovert) | 2462 comments Shay wrote: "Hello :) I have several books that need to be deleted as they have been picked up by a publisher and my self-pubbed editions have been retired :) Will this delete any and all editions that are asso..."

Shay - We don't delete any books that have been published (self or not). When your newly published books are announced/released they will be combined with the self-published books as new editions.


message 971: by Alan (new)

Alan | 1 comments Please remove Alan Davidson [food writer] title from list of titles by Alan Davidson [MG/YA fiction author]

At the same time please add to the list the data you have published elsewhere [reviews, ratings etc] for his new fiction title MARINA IN A GREEN DRESS.

Thank you.


message 972: by Paula (new)

Paula (paulaan) | 7014 comments Done

For future reference you are Alan^^Davidson (where^=space) any books added to the DB will need to have two spaces in the author name to assign to your profile


message 973: by Krystal109 (new)

Krystal109 | 1086 comments Can someone take care of 976


message 974: by Plch (new)

Plch | 81 comments please delete this empty edition of if on a winters night a traveler:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11...
no ricombining necessary, since the most popular edition is in English.
Thank you!


message 976: by Plch (new)

Plch | 81 comments always by calvino: delete this empty (and officialy unknown) edition of the first volume of his 'racconti'
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60...


message 977: by Amara (new)

Amara Tanith (aftanith) Plch wrote: "always by calvino: delete this empty (and officialy unknown) edition of the first volume of his 'racconti'
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60..."


I don't believe we're deleting Unknown books yet.


message 978: by Vicky (new)

Vicky (librovert) | 2462 comments 976/988/990: Krystal, I don't want you to think I'm ignoring you I just don't like to delete comics so I'll leave them for someone else.

989: I'm not convinced this book isn't a rescue, the user who is cited as a source for much of the information is not a librarian. And, if she had added the book I don't believe the change log would be empty.

991: We're not deleting these books yet, they may still be rescue-able. I did however update the title/author since it was previously combined.


message 979: by Amara (new)

Amara Tanith (aftanith) 976 done


message 980: by Krystal109 (last edited Aug 30, 2012 11:07AM) (new)

Krystal109 | 1086 comments Thanks Vicky. Policy is that you don't delete individual comics, but you do merge them with the collected books if they are released.

I never delete comics that are not in a collected book.

So 990 needs merging as well.


message 981: by Plch (new)

Plch | 81 comments 989: I'm not convinced this book isn't a rescue, the user ..."

but the are aren't any information about it but the title and the user which added it hasn't visited since March... it really seems to me pretty useless to keep it.


message 982: by Vicky (last edited Aug 30, 2012 11:48AM) (new)

Vicky (librovert) | 2462 comments Plch wrote: "989: I'm not convinced this book isn't a rescue, the user ..."

but the are aren't any information about it but the title and the user which added it hasn't visited since March... it really seems t..."


Even still, after the purge of Amazon data we were left with a lot of seemingly empty editions. It's my understanding that Goodreads was allowed to keep some of that information stored but hidden to users that could allow for later imports to rescue unknown books. Until we're told otherwise, we leave them.


message 983: by Melody (new)

Melody (runningtune) | 13300 comments I merged 989


message 985: by Amara (new)

Amara Tanith (aftanith) 999 done


message 986: by Krystal109 (new)

Krystal109 | 1086 comments Can someone get 990.

My posts keep getting caught between conversations about other posts and getting overlooked.


message 987: by Beth (new)

Beth (bethjustbeth) | 1568 comments Krystal109 wrote: "Can someone get 990.

My posts keep getting caught between conversations about other posts and getting overlooked."


I don't think they're being overlooked...there's just not many librarians that feel comfortable enough to delete the comics. Some of these look like they're different covers, or different volumes that are mixed.

I can't even find a section in the manual that covers comics...although I understand through reading the boards that they're combined differently.


message 988: by Krystal109 (new)

Krystal109 | 1086 comments I can just send it to rivka I guess if people are not comfortable.


message 989: by rivka, Former Moderator (last edited Aug 30, 2012 09:41PM) (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
Or you could wait until rivka has time to get caught up on this thread.

As it happens, I don't think those need combining or deletion.


message 990: by Krystal109 (new)

Krystal109 | 1086 comments I though we combine individual issues, but I guess I was mistaken. Also I don't assume that you check every message to make sure that something wasn't overlooked... so my bad.


message 991: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
Not every thread, but I at least skim this one.

For many comics (with little detail, and no real reason to exist separate from the trade), I would merge. Those were added carefully and with great attention to detail.


message 992: by Krystal109 (new)

Krystal109 | 1086 comments Okie dokie.


message 994: by Ana (new)

Ana | 151 comments This doesn't seem like a valid collection:

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...


message 995: by lafon حمزة (new)

lafon حمزة نوفل (lafon) | 3544 comments 1008, done. I got a gateway timeout on eclipse but I think it still merged.


message 996: by Ana (new)

Ana | 151 comments lafon حمزة wrote: "1008, done. I got a gateway timeout on eclipse but I think it still merged."

It did, since it says that the book doesn't exist anymore.


message 997: by lafon حمزة (new)

lafon حمزة نوفل (lafon) | 3544 comments 1009 as well. The third book isn't even published yet. There's no way that an omnibus exists.


message 998: by Kyra (new)

Kyra Gregory | 16 comments Please delete this: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15... as a page for this book complete with reviews and cover already exists as 'Despair & Decision'


message 999: by Paula (new)

Paula (paulaan) | 7014 comments got 1013


message 1000: by Kua (new)

Kua (kuaele) | 53 comments Needs a super! Please delete this book:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/73...

Right edition is:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96...

Thanks!


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