Hi George & the OL team:
The merge feature works great! It was worth waiting for.
Three questions:
1. What should happen with names that can be linked to different
authors, like:
HABERMAS
http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL6171008A/HABERMAS
The most famous namesakes is Jürgen Habermas, but what is with a name like
HANSEN
http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL3445178A/HANSEN
A. Hansen, C. Hansen etc.
Should there be disambiguation pages (like Wikipedia got)?
2. Should authors with "0 books" be merged?
I assume that 20 % of the OL books are not connected to a work and
appear as "0 books".
"Marion Forster Gilmore (1887 - [from old catalog]) 0 books"
http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL6811005A/Marion_Forster_Gilmore
can be found in www.archive.org
with a link to: http://openlibrary.org/books/OL24244222M/Virginia
3. How should be dealt with the amazon.com records, that have multiple
authors (mixed in one name)?
"Jason Hook, Patricia Levy, Chris Oxlade, Sean Sheehan Nicola Barber"
http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL3692867A
"Dennis; Foster, Norm; Sherman, Jason Foon 0 books"
http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL3633786A
= Dennis Foon et al.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0921368607
http://openlibrary.org/books/OL11446705M/Instant_Applause
Patrick
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