Merging records is the number one thing I think would be needed for a basic maintenance / user interest.
Laura ---------------------------------- Laura Markstein Quilter / [email protected] Librarian, Geek, Attorney, Teacher Copyright and Information Policy Librarian University of Massachusetts, Amherst [email protected] Lecturer, Simmons College, GSLIS [email protected] On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 12:40 PM, xan <[email protected]> wrote: > I totally understand you frustration, Sarah, for my it's the same. But I > just don't want to quit OL since it seems to be the only project which is > supposed to be an open community producing free data. > > If technically and from a workflow point of view, getting pull request > accepted is possible, should a few people unite to code this feature? > > Am 06.06.2013 16:25, schrieb Burkhard Plache: > > I can only echo the need for guidance on how merging of editions is > > supposed to work. > > I came here from Goodreads after they sold out to Amazon, and hope to > > contribute here. > > Still learning... > > Burkhard > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 11:20 AM, Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 4:15 PM, Sarah Breau <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>>> Sometimes, I find it frustrating not to be able to merge multiple > >>>> editions into one record (I only can do half of the work). Sometimes, > I > >>>> writer a support request but sometimes I don't. Simply because this > causes > >>>> more work for me (explain which record should be deleted why) and to > some > >>>> other person (which I now know is volunteer). Perhaps I would be more > active > >>>> editing if I could do more myself. > >>>> But clearly, you can't give admin rights to everyone (maybe if > deletion > >>>> could be reverted, might work but that opens up the whole discussion > about > >>>> changing the source code I suppose). But is there a known process how > to get > >>>> more involved and get more privileges? > >>>> > >>>> xan > >>> I have to admit, I am far more likely to work on GoodReads records > (where > >>> anyone can merge editions into works) than I am at OL at this point. I > used > >>> to spend a lot of time editing on OL but have really dropped off > because the > >>> multiple works problem is just so frustrating. I suspect that when this > >>> problem is solved I will come back, but right now I find that unless > you can > >>> make a record all the way right, it's not worth the time to edit it > and then > >>> submit a request (or, more likely, 6 requests). Ugh. > >> > >> Indeed, why developer time hasn't been dedicated to this instead of > other > >> less obviously needed issues kinda amazes me. Especially if the high-ups > >> want a community to form - frustrating users making basic editing > impossible > >> doesn't seem like the best way for that. Unsure if there's anyone to > whom > >> this could be said that has any power and would listen though :( > >> > >> Greetings, > >> Nicolás > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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] > > _______________________________________________ > 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] >
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