Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

I did a cursory search and didn't find anything, but the recent passing of Jennifer Rardin (who was a Goodreads author) brought the question forefront to my mind. Obviously, an author's information can be updated by a librarian if they aren't a member, but as Ms. Rardin was, what will happen with her account so that future edits (if necessary) can occur?

I fear I'm making no sense. I apologize.

Cyndy wrote: "I did a cursory search and didn't find anything, but the recent passing of Jennifer Rardin (who was a Goodreads author) brought the question forefront to my mind. Obviously, an auth..."

In cases like this, once we've confirmed that the author is deceased, we will revoke the author status, which will make the profile accessible to librarians again. They can then change the biography out of the first person and add a date of death, etc. It's a sad situation, but thank you for bringing it to our attention.

Patrick, I raised the issue of whether a 'GR Author' can be deceased and maintain the GR Author status in this thread.

Can you address how it may apply versus this situation? Thanks!

An author who is deceased should have their author status removed. That will make their profile a normal author profile. Unless there is a note on that profile stating the contrary, the status will be revoked

Patrick wrote: "An author who is deceased should have their author status removed. That will make their profile a normal author profile. Unless there is a note on that profile stating the contrary, the status will..."

With regards to the note - huh? Do you mean a note stating that someone (i.e., the publisher, a family member) is taking responsibility for the account? I think that's kind of what Carolyn was talking about in her original question, that something in that regard is somewhat misleading.

As an aside, I have Ms. Rardin as a friend (the author I referenced above who recently passed) and it would appear that her account is being maintained just as a user, which I think is a fine thing since it allows her author account to be edited as needed but whomever is maintaining the user account can still interact with the members here. (Though, let me tell you it freaked me out at first to see updates scroll by!)

Is there another official thread for deceased authors?

Donald Harington passed away over a year ago:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_H...

Thanks for letting us know.