Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

I've started reading the series Toradora and noticed that people have listed it both under an English name as well as a Japanese name. The big issue is with the light novel series.

Someone came in and put in titles in English, listing Baka-Tsuki (a fan translator) as the publisher. Also listed the official actual releases on the site that are in Japanese as well. It should be noted that Baka-Tsuki is not a publisher, nor do they hold any actual licenses as far as Japanese light novels go. They are a fan group that translates things akin to how people will fansub anime series.

I started to combine the editions only to stop and realize that I'm probably making a huge mistake and that I should come here and let you guys know what's going on so I don't mess up things any more than I already have. Do we just delete the entries that list Toradora under the English name rather than under the Japanese name? (For example, listing it as Toradora! Part 5 rather than とらドラ! 5 (5).) There are no official English releases, just unofficial fan translations that have been put on the internet. I can't really give any good reason as to why the light novels listed under the English name should remain in the system other than making it easier for browsing.

I think that the fan translations should be combined and then merged with the official publications. I don't think we list fan fic here either, and I don't see them as fundamentally different.

Sounds good- I'll start working on that when I get home from work.

I came across a problem with some of the fan translations. The first volume has so many reviews that it needs a super librarian to delete the fan translation copy.

Best thing to do is use the Contact Link and send a message to the PTB at GR with the details and ask them to deal with it, keeps it private with no public "mess"

I'm going to delete the previous comment since it sounds a little whiny, but it's good to know who to contact just in case!

BTW, can you delete this volume on the Toradora series:

Toradora!

There were too many reviews for me to delete it- it needs a superlibrarian to do that. It's not an official publication, just one of the entries listed above.

Chibineko wrote: "BTW, can you delete this volume on the Toradora series:

Toradora

There were too many reviews for me to delete it- it needs a superlibrarian to do that. It's not an official public..."

Looks like someone already got it.