What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

It's not even worth complaining about this on the Librarian group because it will just get locked, but there's someone going around changing *all* the covers on classic books incorrectly!

Apparently this is a "#1 top librarian" changing the pictures to suit his or her whims because the covers he or she is adding are *not* correct for the ISBNs. I've flagged these edits, but God knows what good it will do. GR management just seems to ignore misbehaving librarians until they do something egregious, like deleting the entire YA Novels of 2019 list a few years ago. :(

In case you haven't tried this, I'd suggest creating a list of book page links that you suspect were modified by the same "librarian". Then report this list (or a few categorized lists) to Goodreads Support: https://www.goodreads.com/about/conta...

If staff can easily determine these modifications were made by the same account, perhaps they'll be more likely to revoke their librarian privileges.

Thanks, Kris. It's really getting out of hand. He's changing so many covers!

Hard Times, Number the Stars, Little House in the Big Woods, On the Banks of Plum Creek, Ramona and Her Father, Jo's Boys, All Quiet on the Western Front

These are just the ones I've noticed. None of these new covers are correct for the ISBNs. It's like he's doing it on a whim, based on whatever cover he likes best. I've flagged all of them, but no luck yet.

If anyone else wants to report, maybe it will help.

Is it this user?

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/6...

That person is #1 top librarian in Vietnam - that's what the designation means, it refers to the country in the user's details box. Judging by that person's shelf names, English is not their first language. Perhaps they haven't read the library manual?

If a librarian is incorrectly changing covers, against the rules, you should feel free to revert the change yourself. Seriously. You can leave leave an explanation in the "change comment" box on the book's edit page to justify what you're doing. I always leave a comment in that box when I change a cover so people will understand the reason behind the change.

I've had it with the librarians group. The last time I had put in a request to merge two author profiles. When I checked my shelves a few days later to see if it was completed, all the books I'd read by one of the two were gone from my shelves.

It makes me wonder how many other books have vanished from my shelves.

Lobstergirl wrote: "Is it this user?

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/6...

That person is #1 top librarian in Vietnam - that's what the designation means, it refers to the country in the user's ..."

That person has been reported but anyone can feel free to flag more of the edits. It's creating lots of issues.

Bill wrote: "I've had it with the librarians group. The last time I had put in a request to merge two author profiles. When I checked my shelves a few days later to see if it was completed, all the books I'd read by one of the two were gone from my shelves...."

That would be a functionality issue, unfortunately. Looking back at your request, the authors were merged correctly. It's quite weird and frustrating that that happened.

Lobstergirl wrote: "Is it this user?"

That's the one. Very frustrating. I'm reporting when I see it, but I'm always a little leery about undoing changes. When I do, I'll put a note in the comment box.

That person is no longer a librarian, so the complaints must have been acted on.

That's good news!