Bad authors "Delete", "Duplicate", etc

tfmorris commented 4 years ago

A previous manual process of resolving duplicate author records, used by patrons without merge privileges, was to move all the works to a single record and then rename the empty records to something which flagged that they shouldn't be used like "Delete Duplicate" or "Delete - see John Smith" or something similar.

There are also a few records of similar forms which appear to have been imported directly, presumably from an ILS where they had been similarly flagged. Those records will probably need to be resolved individually using a process different than that below.

For records which were originally accurate, but duplicated, I believe the process should be to:

Revert to a version of the record with the original name
Merge with the master record (for this step you may need to either: a) wait for the renamed record to get reindexed, or b) manually add it's OLID to the merge candidates URL)

You can see an example here: https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL6810374A?m=history

Here are some searches:

https://openlibrary.org/search/authors?q=delete (253 results)
https://openlibrary.org/search/authors?q=duplicate (66 results, some of which are real records)
https://openlibrary.org/search/authors?q=do+not (7 results)

seabelis commented 4 years ago

Agreed.

jimman2003 commented 2 years ago

(all)? current titles named delete: OL10684871W OL24136172W OL4307534W OL17978873W OL16988474W OL19765458W OL15412940W OL20890463W OL2196174W OL21524329W OL2338339W OL8127883W OL20701501W OL8315424W OL17893530W OL9322084W OL8705200W OL19984740W OL9432905W OL16796606W OL8705181W OL16234337W OL16805798W OL15165095W OL20976811W OL188951W OL5228039W OL10684874W OL13158391W OL9375876W OL5228046W OL8193395W OL194160W OL5228053W OL11021954W OL13419679W OL15044254W OL1970676W OL16794943W OL1836492W OL19327435W OL9377807W OL17330784W OL11674871W OL1970683W OL5228049W OL12813797W OL16972416W OL8204927W OL16375835W OL9384920W OL15451552W OL16794935W OL21718683W OL15746502W OL11192888W OL21791033W OL21326324W OL15335096W OL11674870W OL9138337W OL1970684W OL8088036W OL17930620W OL266258W OL9770060W OL4095942W OL5228043W OL5228038W OL21678171W OL17731077W OL23350465W OL6995812W OL10427696W OL17930547W OL9037944W OL8584195W OL1021082W OL20158163W OL15086214W OL20701405W OL16681621W OL17930390W OL9657815W OL17930536W OL266256W OL19680379W OL19838398W OL5228040W OL1970680W OL5228044W OL17891142W OL21326338W OL8959004W OL266259W OL15290201W OL16280286W OL3347497W OL517317W OL15139413W OL3534163W OL2527441W OL20940996W OL21551648W OL24195281W OL5093109W OL9056957W OL15177319W OL15741140W OL20441413W OL16234340W OL16232706W OL10329063W OL13419651W OL16234342W OL16699700W OL15697136W OL2338340W OL9226524W OL10538536W OL10684872W OL15736670W OL17309682W OL17930443W OL21551618W OL24136168W OL500774W OL17894934W OL8127830W OL4782310W OL19964434W OL1188878W OL9321028W OL10329064W OL11674872W OL15175900W OL2725298W OL1970685W OL1970687W OL5228042W OL12193364W OL20004776W OL8814310W OL21551684W OL8457193W OL16983061W OL9708150W OL17930418W OL21330388W OL1753955W OL20176812W OL5228041W OL19756821W OL9378179W OL5856999W OL11039782W OL15751110W OL8705183W

seabelis commented 2 years ago

Remaining:

[x] OL5228039W
[x] OL10684874W
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[x] OL5228043W
[x] OL5228038W
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[x] OL17731077W
[ ] OL23350465W
[x] OL6995812W
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[x] OL15086214W
[x] OL20701405W
[x] OL16681621W
[x] OL17930390W
[x] OL9657815W
[x] OL17930536W
[x] OL266256W
[x] OL19680379W
[x] OL19838398W
[x] OL5228040W
[x] OL1970680W
[x] OL5228044W
[x] OL17891142W
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[x] OL20940996W
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[x] OL10684872W
[x] OL15736670W
[x] OL17309682W
[x] OL17930443W
[x] OL21551618W
[x] OL24136168W
[x] OL500774W
[x] OL17894934W
[x] OL8127830W
[x] OL4782310W
[x] OL19964434W
[x] OL1188878W
[x] OL9321028W
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[x] OL11674872W
[x] OL15175900W
[x] OL2725298W
[x] OL1970685W
[x] OL1970687W
[x] OL5228042W
[x] OL12193364W
[x] OL20004776W
[x] OL8814310W
[x] OL21551684W
[x] OL8457193W
[x] OL16983061W
[x] OL9708150W
[x] OL17930418W
[x] OL21330388W
[x] OL1753955W
[x] OL20176812W
[x] OL5228041W
[x] OL19756821W
[x] OL9378179W
[x] OL5856999W
[x] OL11039782W
[x] OL15751110W
[x] OL8705183W

seabelis commented 2 years ago

All reviewed and reverted where appropriate.

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