Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

Hello all, I'm new to this group so if this is a repeat of an issue that has been previously addressed, please forgive me.

I was looking to add a book to my shelf today and went looking for Colm Tóibín's The Master. Typing in his name with a regular American keyboard took me here:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

Rather than to the author page of the actual author, which can be found here:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

I was wondering if there were a way to combine these two authors so that those who do not notice/know how to type accent marks are not mistakenly led to the wrong page? This may be more of an issue for tech support, I don't know, but I figured I'd try my luck here before heading over to the Feedback group.

Thanks in advance for your assistance!

I'm having the same problem with China Mieville vrs. http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

Thanks. I've merged both to the accented (correct) spellings.

Hopefully the aka feature will be available before too much longer!

Thanks Rivka, I really appreciate it.

Thanks!

rivka wrote: "Hopefully the aka feature will be available before too much longer!"

Is that wishful thinking or do you know something you're not telling? :-)

I think it may be more of a prayer at this point!

I merge to the spelling with the most books. I don't like doing this when I feel it is incorrect, but since the purpose of having a correct database is to improve the usefulness of the database to Goodreads members, it seems a bit prissy to insist on the minority spelling. An aka feature would really solve that problem.

Cyn wrote: "I think it may be more of a prayer at this point!"

Pretty much. My understanding is that while it is on the list, it is difficult to accomplish.