I agree that these four look like they should have been merged. We'll need to find out from the "merge master" Edward Betts if he can understand what happened here, and if there is a "merge-bot" running that picks up changes.
Edward? kc On 2/29/12 9:07 AM, Ben Companjen wrote: > Are editions merged automatically? I just found > http://openlibrary.org/works/OL13847301W/Conceptual_modeling which has > four editions that are exactly the same (except for the last one which > has an additional GoodReads ID). The last edit on all of the editions > a work merge, performed in August 2010. > So I think it may not a matter of waiting before a bot (or human) > merges the editions. > > Ben > > On 29 February 2012 02:34, Karen Coyle<[email protected]> wrote: >> Dimensions aren't part of the algorithm. They vary a lot -- not because >> the books change size and shape, but because they can be in either cm or >> inches, some are just height, some are hxwxd -- there are just too many >> variables! >> >> So let's see if this change results in a merge... >> >> kc >> >> On 2/28/12 3:46 PM, Laurence Penney wrote: >>> Thanks for this. I’ve just done the edit. Since I had the book in front of >>> me I also added dimensions. Now I notice the other edition already has a >>> different set of dimensions. Hope this doesn’t prevent the merge! >>> >>> - L >>> >>> On 28 Feb 2012, at 23:36, Karen Coyle wrote: >>> >>>> I'll let you try this, so we don't create confusion, but try changing >>>> the date on the one from 2002 to 2004, and wait a bit (I don't know how >>>> long... maybe a day?) and see if they merge. They have the same ISBNs >>>> and same titles, so it looks to me like the date difference might be >>>> keeping them apart. >>>> >>>> kc >>>> >>>> On 2/28/12 2:27 PM, Laurence Penney wrote: >>>>> A tweet[1] inspired me to recommend[2] Open Library as the best place >>>>> to link when talking about a book — instead of Amazon or its >>>>> publisher’s site. >>>>> >>>>> However the book I was going to choose as a nice example for the >>>>> original poster has duplicated edition info, and I cannot see a way >>>>> to merge them. I’ve confirmed with the author there’s just one >>>>> edition (2004). So can I merge or is it a superuser thing? >>>>> >>>>> http://openlibrary.org/books/OL22593796M/Dutch_type >>>>> http://openlibrary.org/books/OL9109013M/Dutch_Type >>>>> >>>>> - L >>>>> >>>>> [1] https://twitter.com/#!/typotheque/status/174589813347979264 [2] >>>>> https://twitter.com/#!/Lorp/status/174595628993748992 >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ Ol-discuss mailing >>>>> list [email protected] >>>>> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss To >>>>> unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to >>>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Karen Coyle >>>> [email protected] http://kcoyle.net >>>> ph: 1-510-540-7596 >>>> m: 1-510-435-8234 >>>> skype: kcoylenet >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Ol-discuss mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss >>>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to >>>> [email protected] >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ol-discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss >>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to >>> [email protected] >> >> -- >> Karen Coyle >> [email protected] http://kcoyle.net >> ph: 1-510-540-7596 >> m: 1-510-435-8234 >> skype: kcoylenet >> _______________________________________________ >> Ol-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to >> [email protected] -- Karen Coyle [email protected] http://kcoyle.net ph: 1-510-540-7596 m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet _______________________________________________ Ol-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to [email protected]
