On Thursday 12 Sep 2013 13:18:43 Ben Companjen wrote:
> Andy, the key of the author in the Edition is different from the key of
> Work's author, as you can see in the JSON.

First time I've tried the JSON link - noted for future use.

> The problem in these items is that the author shown on the web is the
> work's author, but that the edition record contains a reference to an
> author that is deleted (type=/type/delete) or merged
> (type=/type/redirect)​. The server does not accept deleted records or
> redirects as references. 

OK, I can understand that

> You need to update the reference(s) in the Edition
> record

Can I do that from the web interface? 

I assume not as I've tried resetting author, only a single choice came up, but 
I still get the same result.

> or delete the bad reference(s) altogether (which you can't using the
> web interface).

Running scripts seems far beyond me at the moment. I'm just finding my way 
around the web edits.

> VacuumBot

Thanks for the detailed expatiation.

Think I'll sleep on your post - and read it a few more times ;)

Andy
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