Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

Am I correct in thinking that any quotes attributed to Anonymous without being linked to a book should be deleted immediately? Also with quotes by users?

lafon حمزة wrote: "Am I correct in thinking that any quotes attributed to Anonymous without being linked to a book should be deleted immediately? Also with quotes by users?"

I tend to Google the Anonymous quotes to see they are actually by someone known. There have been a few Anons which were from real, notable people with books.

lafon حمزة wrote: "Am I correct in thinking that any quotes attributed to Anonymous without being linked to a book should be deleted immediately? Also with quotes by users?"

Yes, and yes. But I agree that it's best to try to find a book when possible.

Hmmm.... OK.
So, to clarify:
Movie quotes without a book with a similar quote — delete.
User quotes — delete.
Anonymous quotes without attribution (after a search to see if they could be attributed) — delete.
What about proverbs like this one?

Kill 'em.

{Note: Exception to all rules: if it is a Quote of the Day. Leave those!]

lafon حمزة wrote: "Hmmm.... OK.
So, to clarify:
Movie quotes without a book with a similar quote — delete."

In this case I would REPLACE the movie quote with the book quote.

Mwahahahaha! Quotes, watch out!
Yeah, if the words Goodreads Staff is anywhere near anything, I leave it alone.
Edit: Is there any way to easily see if a quote is the QotD? I noticed that the QotD list goes back a little while...

The edit log will usually have Kara in it somewhere if it's a QoTD, but I don't see anything more obvious.

Since you're the only one who had added it, I went ahead and deleted.

so quotes must be from a book?

David wrote: "so quotes must be from a book?"

No. But they must be from a notable source, which by Goodreads definitions includes all authors with books on Goodreads.