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1spiralsheep
Juin 19, 2021, 3:14 pm

This is not a description of the work. It's not even by the same author. I flagged it and thumbed it. Should I be doing anything else?

https://www.librarything.com/work/561881/descriptions

2MarthaJeanne
Juin 19, 2021, 3:18 pm

That's all we can do.

3SandraArdnas
Juin 19, 2021, 3:42 pm

Recalculating sometimes brings new descriptions (and removes existing ones), but not this time. It's stuck with just one wrong one for now

42wonderY
Juin 19, 2021, 3:45 pm

It’s gone from the main work page now.

5r.orrison
Modifié : Juin 19, 2021, 3:46 pm

I separated the copy of Moment in Time by Ilene Bates from the work by H.E. Bates.

6MarthaJeanne
Modifié : Juin 19, 2021, 3:47 pm

I could swear I checked the editions multiple times. Good that several pairs of eyes check these things.

7spiralsheep
Juin 19, 2021, 3:56 pm

>5 r.orrison: Oh, this is why I posted here, thank you! I didn't think to check.

8karenb
Août 11, 2021, 1:53 am

Found another one: https://www.librarything.com/work/7347/descriptions/85248089

The top description is bad, as is one of the three alternates for that description.

The Shore of Women by Pamela Sargent, which is not in fact about industrial production technology. I checked editions, but someone else looking cannot hurt.

9karenb
Modifié : Jan 15, 2022, 8:45 pm

Authority and power in the free church tradition is not a collection of stories about zombies. (Alas.)

https://www.librarything.com/work/4115156/descriptions

ETA: Gone now.

10karenb
Mar 22, 2022, 1:42 am

Only one description, but it's for the wrong book:
https://www.librarything.com/work/371952/descriptions

11MarthaJeanne
Mar 22, 2022, 2:18 am

>10 karenb: Besides flagging here, I reported the wrong description on Amazon.

13labfs39
Août 11, 2022, 12:36 pm

>12 MarthaJeanne: Thank you for moving this to the correct thread. For future reference, how do I flag and thumb an incorrect book description?

14MarthaJeanne
Août 11, 2022, 1:35 pm

There are thumb and flag icons at the description that you can click on.

152wonderY
Août 11, 2022, 1:36 pm

Get to the descriptions page from the left column.

16labfs39
Août 11, 2022, 11:37 pm

>15 2wonderY: Ah, that was the piece I was missing. Thank you.

182wonderY
Avr 11, 2023, 10:07 am

Please flag this work description into oblivion:

http://www.librarything.com/work/407303/descriptions/

There are three reasons it should be flagged and it’s irritating the heck out of me.

19SandraArdnas
Avr 11, 2023, 12:54 pm

>18 2wonderY: Unfortunately, it's the only one and no matter how much we flag it, it will still show. Perhaps RSI material - descriptions flagged into oblivion to be removed altogether

202wonderY
Avr 11, 2023, 1:31 pm

>19 SandraArdnas: No. it’s gone from the main page now. That’s what I wanted.

21SandraArdnas
Avr 11, 2023, 1:38 pm

>20 2wonderY: Ah, you're right. Good to know

232wonderY
Août 15, 2023, 3:00 pm

It just needed recalculated.

24DuncanHill
Août 21, 2023, 1:35 pm

https://www.librarything.com/work/1016017/descriptions

Not a description, wrong publisher, and the date is 60 years out.

252wonderY
Jan 25, 8:30 pm

Can I get some thumbs on this one, and a flag on the descriptions with odd characters

https://www.librarything.com/work/23704590/descriptions/

26norabelle414
Jan 29, 9:46 am

Could use some help here: https://www.librarything.com/work/27661802/descriptions/253451955
(Personally I prefer the description that starts "After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed", but anything besides the bold nonsense would be an improvement)

28SandraArdnas
Fév 26, 12:03 pm

https://www.librarything.com/work/3423/descriptions/192633657

More flags needed, the one with weird characters is still at 80+ after being flagged and downvoted.

Also I'm seriously annoyed by now with how many descriptions of this type are winning ones and need to be flagged multiple times to drop to obscurity

292wonderY
Mar 5, 1:31 pm

The description with weird characters needs voted down:

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

30r.orrison
Mar 5, 3:37 pm

>29 2wonderY:
Out of curiosity, which of the three titles listed as "Original title" actually is the original title?

31SandraArdnas
Mar 5, 3:43 pm

>30 r.orrison: It says Hebrew is the original language, so it wouldn't be either of the two English ones

322wonderY
Mar 5, 6:02 pm

>30 r.orrison: Yeah. Saw the author on the Colbert show, and he is Israeli.

332wonderY
Mar 7, 12:22 am

How Not to Die top description with weird characters could use another flag.

34SandraArdnas
Mar 9, 10:19 am

https://www.librarything.com/work/12501/descriptions needs some more flags to drop from primary description

352wonderY
Avr 2, 10:11 am

The Last Days of Magic has plenty of good descriptions. Can we vote down the one that starts with reviews, please?

36eclbates
Modifié : Avr 2, 12:30 pm

May I have some votes on descriptions for How to Sell a Haunted House, please? Weird characters abound.

37norabelle414
Avr 16, 11:20 am

38SandraArdnas
Avr 16, 11:23 am

>37 norabelle414: Done, the other one is primary now

392wonderY
Avr 20, 1:02 pm

The top description of Wish You Were Here needs downvotes.