Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

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This guy keeps on adding books. I'm pretty sure he's been sent messages in the past. What kills me is he never gets the right authors down either, and I think there's a few titles he's completely made up.

HALP!

Hmmmmm... Maybe PM him to let him know what's going on? I'm not sures either..

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Like LSH amdnRed Demon supposedly being Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon... I'm not sure if it's worth editing right now.

Hmmm... Maybe we should just delete that extra?

Don't worry about deleting anything, I'm working through it right now. I'm more of looking for help from the powers that be what to do.

If he's ignoring messages, I'm not sure what to suggest, except to add him to your check-for-books-needing-fixing list.

rivka wrote: "If he's ignoring messages, I'm not sure what to suggest, except to add him to your check-for-books-needing-fixing list."

Sad face :(

edit* nevermind on the Caroline Hart thing.

I'm going to send him another message in the meantime.

Can the books he added without ISBN's be deleted? I mean, all or most of the books on the first (linked) page of his book list that he added should have ISBN's. Due to the publication dates. They have no cover pictures, so they can't be alternative cover editions. So, those books should go bye-bye eventually, right?

Shay wrote: "Can the books he added without ISBN's be deleted? I mean, all or most of the books on the first (linked) page of his book list that he added should have ISBN's. Due to the publication dates. They h..."

Yes I am deleting them, but I have to combine them with the correct editions first.

Jessica wrote: "Shay wrote: "Can the books he added without ISBN's be deleted? I mean, all or most of the books on the first (linked) page of his book list that he added should have ISBN's. Due to the publication ..."

Thanks. I'll know in the future that books listed like that should be deleted. Does anyone know why people do stuff like this? Has anyone messaged someone and gotten a response explaining the rationale behind this?

It's usually (new) users who don't yet understand how to use the GR catalog and/or search function. I've gotten a fair number of "oops, sorry!" responses when messaging such users.

As to the fellow who makes up book titles/authors, just let him add his stuff. Maybe he's dyslexic or
mentally disabled or maybe he's just a wacko. I get things on my Facebook page that I do delete because they are annoying or off-color.
Here's a memory to share. Years ago when I was in high school, one of the older kids handed in the most remarkable book reports. The teacher was impressed until she caught on that he totally invented the books, their titles and authors. She stopped givng him A's. Oh, well.

Alice wrote: "As to the fellow who makes up book titles/authors, just let him add his stuff. Maybe he's dyslexic or
mentally disabled or maybe he's just a wacko. I get things on my Facebook page that I do delet..."

rotfl...

Alice wrote: "As to the fellow who makes up book titles/authors, just let him add his stuff. Maybe he's dyslexic or
mentally disabled or maybe he's just a wacko. I get things on my Facebook page that I do delet..."
Lol :)
Thanks for the story Alice