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Nov 06, 2016 01:10PM
The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone is NOT fiction.
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L wrote: "The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone is NOT fiction."Well, yes it is. Did you mean to say it is NOT a memoir, biography, or autobiography?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
If I can locate it, I will remove it. When requesting that volunteer librarians remove titles you see misplaced, it's helpful to provide a page number. I scrolled through the first five pages and didn't see it, so perhaps someone else got it; if not, give me a page # or book # to check, and I'll come back and scoop it off the list.
The system found 3 duplicates.
#2100 Twilight by Stephenie Meyer is Fiction
Satrina wrote: "#2100 Twilight by Stephenie Meyer is Fiction"
Removed.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Nor is it alone. Removed as fiction, The Fight Club #2:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
The system found and removed 2 duplicates.
Fellow librarians: have any of you figured out a way to access the page on which an offending volume is located? I am referring to titles like the one above, located on page 22 of a hefty, well developed list. I have been going to the bottom of the list and selecting the #9, since #22 is buried in the ... part of the numerical list. From #9 I choose #13, and so on. Or, sometimes I do it backward, from the very back page of the list. But if anyone that doesn't have super-librarian access has discovered a shortcut, I'd love to know your secret.
Star wrote: "Can someone help me find the name of this memoir I read once? (I was expecting to find it on this list)It was a memoir by an Iranian?-I think- woman who was imprisoned and coerced into marrying he..."
Did you mean Prisoner of Tehran by Marina Nemat?
Donna wrote: "Fellow librarians: have any of you figured out a way to access the page on which an offending volume is located? I am referring to titles like the one above, located on page 22 of a hefty, well dev..."https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/281.Best_Memoir_Biography_Autobiography?page=22
Just override the page number in the url
Mitchell wrote: "Donna wrote: "Fellow librarians: have any of you figured out a way to access the page on which an offending volume is located? I am referring to titles like the one above, located on page 22 of a h..."Thanks.
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (#775) is fiction and not a Memoir / Biography / Autobiography...
Booklovinglady wrote: "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (#775) is fiction and not a Memoir / Biography / Autobiography..."Thank you for providing location. I was just on this list a few hours ago, but after I checked the first 4 pages, I had to do other things.
Removed as fiction: I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, #777:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Reverted the title of this list back the list creator's original.
Rainbowheart wrote: "Reverted the title of this list back the list creator's original."Wow. That librarian changed a number of lists. Mostly by explicitly adding fiction and nonfiction in a specifically formatted manner.
https://www.goodreads.com/librarian/user/4580171-el
Mitchell wrote: "Rainbowheart wrote: "Reverted the title of this list back the list creator's original."Wow. That librarian changed a number of lists. Mostly by explicitly adding fiction and nonfiction in a speci..."
Yikes. Bold as brass. Were these longstanding lists, or fairly new ones? Did anyone's votes get removed along with books that were already on the lists? Was each of these lists started originally by the librarian, and if not, were the list-makers consulted before their criteria was changed?
No comments added, no permission asked, and these are longstanding lists. Some of them have been here for 10 years or more and have active list creators who maintain them. It's incredibly annoying. I'm not sure it's an official rule, but it is certainly against Listopia etiquette to go around changing dozens and dozens of lists created by other users without asking permission or even telling people what you are doing. Not to mention these are completely unnecessary changes! Keywords belong down in the keyword section, not in the title itself. In one case, she changed a list meant for fiction and non-fiction to say non-fiction only. I reverted it back, but I have no idea what the motivation is here.
Rainbowheart wrote: "No comments added, no permission asked, and these are longstanding lists. Some of them have been here for 10 years or more and have active list creators who maintain them. It's incredibly annoyin..."
Last time I looked it was an egregious violation of Goodreads rules. I suggest you report this to the Librarians page. That, or flag something.
Back in the day, I am told that all members were allowed to be librarians. This was before I was a member, and way before Amazon purchased the site. But it was abuses like these that created a screening process, which alas, isn't 100% effective. But one dedicated troll can thoroughly trash a site, and it shouldn't be permitted to happen. I think if you turn this person in, she will either lose her membership or at least receive a somber warning.
Also--thank you for tracking this problem, and for correcting it, though it shouldn't be necessary.
No problem! I have flagged, although I don't know if it will do any good. We had a problem last year with a censorship brigade that came through Goodreads. A librarian on their side went rogue and deleted an entire list. For months prior to that, she had been reported and flagged literally hundreds of times. She eventually lost her librarian powers, but it took her deleting an entire list for that to happen.I doubt this librarian is malicious, but the way she has commandeered these lists is concerning. At least there are no deletions of other people's votes, just changes to titles.
The system found and removed 1 duplicate.
Star wrote: "Is there any book on the Arunita Kanjilal, if not read thishttps://stardom1.com/arunita-kanjilal"
Star, this section of discussion is for technical issues relating to the list. If you want to submit a title, you have to enter it onto the list yourself, using the tab at the top of the list.
Donna wrote: "Star wrote: "Is there any book on the Arunita Kanjilal, if not read thishttps://stardom1.com/arunita-kanjilal"
Star, this section of discussion is for technical issues relating to the list. If you..."
Well said!
Booklovinglady wrote: "Donna wrote: "Star wrote: "Is there any book on the Arunita Kanjilal, if not read thishttps://stardom1.com/arunita-kanjilal"
Star, this section of discussion is for technical issues relating to th..."
Thanks, B.
The system found and removed 6 duplicates.
Can someone help post this memoir? Sophia's Return: Uncovering My Mother's Past, by Sophia Kouidou-Giles
Sophia wrote: "Can someone help post this memoir? Sophia's Return: Uncovering My Mother's Past, by Sophia Kouidou-Giles"If a reader wants to add this book, they can do so by clicking on the tab at the top of the list. However, for an author to add their own book--or solicit others to do so--is considered author spam, and is a violation of GR policy.
Donna wrote: "... --or solicit others to do so-- is considered author spam, and is a violation of GR policy ...."Very well said!
Cindy wrote: "My Friend's Autism: Advice From Someone Who Is Autistic, His Friends, Classmates, Teammates, Mentors, and Family From Elementary School Through the College Years"Cindy, promoting your own book is a violation of Goodreads guidelines, and so I have flagged it. You may want to remove it yourself before the superlibrarians (higher level librarians than me) see it and respond.
