Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

A while back I started a thread to get the lengthy list of authors added to the anthology Terraform: Watch/Worlds/Burn. The authors were added to the paperback (not the other editions, however). It seems the bot deleted the author list.

In order to avoid typing every single author in once again, is there any way to revert that bot edit and put the contributor list back?

It's been two days, so I'm bumping the thread.

Drace wrote: "In order to avoid typing every single author in once again, is there any way to revert that bot edit and put the contributor list back?"

There is not, and I wouldn't bother typing them in again as they will just be removed again.

Scott wrote: "Drace wrote: "In order to avoid typing every single author in once again, is there any way to revert that bot edit and put the contributor list back?"

There is not, and I wouldn't bother typing th..."

Does the bot really circle back to books it's already caused errors on and re-cause those errors? That's a damn nightmare.

Is there any possible way to lock the book from further edits in order to prevent the bot from screwing things up again?

I say "type", but really I would just have to go back to an old thread I made and copy/paste the author list. So less difficult than I made it sound.

Drace wrote: "Is there any possible way to lock the book from further edits in order to prevent the bot from screwing things up again?"

No, there is not. But we have been advised that the bot is not supposed to change librarian edits. (This is recent.)

Where/when was your request for re-adding contributors?

Drace wrote: "Does the bot really circle back to books it's already caused errors on and re-cause those errors?"

Yes, I've seen changes reverted the very next day, repeatedly.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Drace wrote: "Is there any possible way to lock the book from further edits in order to prevent the bot from screwing things up again?"

No, there is not. But we have been advised that the bot is n..."

This is the only thread where I requested the contributors be re-added, but here's my old thread with the full contributor list included: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

As another, smaller correction: the full title of the book is "Terraform: Watch/Worlds/Burn", but the bot also seems to have deleted that subtitle on the paperback edition. Could somebody please put it back?

Title corrected.

Scott wrote: "Title corrected."

Thank you!

Giving this a bump in case anyone wants to attempt this.

Can copy/paste the author list from my old thread if needed.

Again, bumping in case any librarians want to take a crack at it.

Bad news, it looks like work was done on the record months after and undo doesn't go that far back.

Good news, I can see the author list. Check on the record tomorrow, hopefully I can copy paste from the history. Then you should be able to see someone is in there who shouldn't or someone is missing. I found your original post as well and will double check.

Elizabeth wrote: "Bad news, it looks like work was done on the record months after and undo doesn't go that far back.

Good news, I can see the author list. Check on the record tomorrow, hopefully I can copy paste f..."

Thanks a bunch. It seems like the entire author list has been re-added, but I'll double-check when I'm home from work and back on my own computer.

I'm gonna work on the other editions later, but the paperback should have all the people again.

Elizabeth wrote: "I'm gonna work on the other editions later, but the paperback should have all the people again."

Double-checked and the paperback does have the complete author list. Thanks so much.