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  • Jonetta (Ejaygirl)

    Shelfari Removing Contributors

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    I've noticed recently that Shelfari removes contributors following some book combinations. I'm not certain if it's related to a companion request to add a contributor prior to the combination. If they are, what should we be doing differently? I'm finding that I have to resubmit the contributor request after it was already approved and completed.

    Here's a link to an example.

    http://www.shelfari.com/books/30467037/Winter-Interlude/history
    Jonetta (Ejaygirl) started this discussion 8 months ago. ( reply | permalink )

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  • Dog Lover - very limited time online for the foreseeable future
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    Usually it is the other way around - contributors are added post-combination.

    Notice that "Shelfari" added and then removed that contributor. The combination process will kinda add all the primary contributors from each of the combination candidates and, then, "remove" the duplicates that result.

    It is odd on this one that the net was, apparently, zero causing you to have to add it again.

    Who knows what is going on with Shelfari these days.

    DL

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    • Jonetta (Ejaygirl)
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      This happens consistently these days whenever I combine two books without a contributor and submit a contributor request for one of the editions at the same time. When the contributor request is approved prior to the combination request, it seems Shelfari will do this removal following the approval of the combination.

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    • Dog Lover - very limited time online for the foreseeable future
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      Ah...

      Well, the guidelines do recommend that you wait for all combinations to be approved prior to making other edits.

      I'm frankly surprised that the contributor edit request would be processed first by the librarians - those usually are processed later than combinations. The queue for them is huge!

      DL

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    • Jonetta (Ejaygirl)
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      I try not to but often I find the duplicate editions after I submit the contributor request. Thanks for the clarification.

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