Weird search results -- spam???

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1jasbro
Mar 14, 2014, 8:42 pm

Searching for "Richard stage" via Safari on iPhone4 5-10 minutes ago (allegedly) produced 119 Author results, every one of which read:

folks Ok, let's not be arrogant but rather spend a little time contemplating on my Real Names - and this will for sure be a literary excursion as I just had Vegetarian Pizza at one of the finest Places of the World (for eg Vegetarian Pizza: Kosta's in Em

Every one of the results linked to the same Author, Wolfgang Dahlberg. Not at all sure what just happened here, but pretty sure somebody at LT oughta know. I'll try to keep the search results up for a bit, in case I can offer anything more. Thanks!

2omargosh
Mar 14, 2014, 9:06 pm

It's a known (if neglected) issue. See http://www.librarything.com/topic/141088. I do wish those results would go away.

3jasbro
Mar 14, 2014, 9:15 pm

#2 by @omargosh> : Ah! Thanks. I'll defer to that thread.

4timspalding
Apr 14, 2014, 9:43 am

Fixed.

5jasbro
Apr 14, 2014, 10:19 am

Thank you!