Author disambiguation

I need to disambiguate 2 authors with the same name, but the disambiguation page only shows one

disambiguation page: https://www.librarything.com/author/priscogiuseppe

author #1, b. 1965 (comics) https://www.librarything.com/author/priscogiuseppe-1
(see bio here: https://www.sergiobonelli.it/news/giuseppe-prisco/9532/Giuseppe-Prisco.html )

author #2 is this one: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Prisco and has written this book https://www.librarything.com/work/8686655/workdetails/48556628

but this book doesn't appear on the disambiguation page, so I'm unable to split the authors

What should I do?

Author had to be confirmed and then recalculated.

>2 2wonderY: Thanks

is that something you can do manually or is it automatic?

>3 Moloch: Below the reviews is a box called Other Authors. You can add, remove, edit or confirm there. Then you Recalculate from the Advanced box on the right column.

I'm trying but I don't understand how you can "confirm" a disambiguated author and not the generic, disambiguation page.

Another example:
https://www.librarything.com/work/15513233&titleauthorredo=2064888726
how can I correctly set "Paul Fisher 1" ( https://www.librarything.com/author/fischerpaul-1 ) as the primary author?

I click "Add/edit other authors" and then what? I click the edit icon next to Fisher, Paul, but I don't see how I can link to the correct author page and not https://www.librarything.com/author/fischerpaul

>5 Moloch: You've got the gist of it correct. We can't confirm directly into a split.

>5 Moloch: The next step is to wait until the work for which you confirmed the author as an author shows up on that author's author page. This might not happen immediately; sometimes it takes a while. Once it does, though, you can assign it to the appropriate split.

Ok, so the work is correctly listed here https://www.librarything.com/author/fischerpaul-1

but if I go in the Other authors section here https://www.librarything.com/work/15513233
click "Add/edit other authors"
click the edit pencil icon next to Fisher, Paul (links to the disambiguation page, not the correct author)

then I get a search box where I have to type the author's name (last name, first name)

If I type "Fisher, Paul", the only result I get is, again, the disambiguation page

Typing "Fisher, Paul 1", "fisherpaul-1" or something similar doesn't seem right.

Maybe I have to delete the Fisher, Paul line and start over?

>8 Moloch: No. it is how it works. The book is properly assigned but as you are just clicking on the author name and that list does not allow splits to be referenced separately, it gets you to the author page - which is the split one.

What you have at the moment is the best you can do.

Just another question then I'll stop bothering you

here https://www.librarything.com/work/24220957 how come it's correctly linked to 2 split authors, priscogiuseppe-1 and villaclaudio-1 ?

Because two of the authors have been split, and this book has been assigned to those splits.

Because two of the authors have been split, and this book has been assigned to those splits.

It often takes a while before the computer catches up. I assume that your other book will, in time also go straight to the split.

I’m not sure how to fix this. There was a wrestling star named Billy Graham who died this week. On his author page it has a lengthy biography of the evangelist by the same name who is certainly not the WWE wrestler. How can this be fixed?

Billy Graham Yes, the biography for Billy Graham 1 is also on Billy Graham 2. I'll send Kristie a message.

Under 'Author biographies' I have also thumbed it down and flagged it as being for a different author. If several of us do that Kristie may not have to do anything, but she can do it alone.

>14 MarthaJeanne: It seems to have worked.

Yes, it's off the top of the page, at least. A few more flags and thumbs couldn't hurt.

Subject: Edit / Correct Author Page.

I am literally afraid to ask since it should be a simple thing to do, but it appears, based on numerous talk messages, to be somewhat impossible to achieve. In any case, is there a way to EDIT the author NAME. Or, to put it another way, take ALL of the books listed under some random name and assign it to the actual author?

Obviously I do not know how this works. I added a book to by George C. West to LT yesterday, and I found that all of George C. West's books are listed as being authored by "George Cornwallis West." The problem is that there is no one named George Cornwallis West... well, no one except Major George Frederick Myddleton Cornwallis-West, but it is certainly not the George C. West used in LT.

https://www.librarything.com/author/westgeorgecornwallis/names

Part of my confusion is wondering why there is George C. West with his books listed, and the ones that should have the correct author name, and George C. West with ZERO works, and George Cornwallis West ("main author") with ZERO works.

I tried to add some "Common Knowledge" on the author page yesterday, including the authors ACTUAL NAME George Curtiss West, but that just seems to screw it up even more. The random Cornwallis dude is apparently set in stone. I created "issues":

https://www.librarything.com/author/westgeorgecornwallis/issues

Sorry, but I am not good with "alternative fact world" so, yeah, this sort of thing bugs me. Anyone know of a fix, or am I SOL?

Thanks.

>17 Picathartes: Because all of the books were in George C West, and were not by Cornwallis, I separated the author out. You can find him at https://www.librarything.com/author/westgeorgec

>17 Picathartes:
George Cornwallis West and George C. West need to be separated, that's the root of the problem because at the moment those names are combined together, which clearly is wrong (as you have identified). Do you want to do that or I am happy to if you wish.

>18 MarthaJeanne:
Ah I see we crossposted. I'll come back around in a bit and if any CK needs transferring I can help with that.

I did not add any CK.

>21 MarthaJeanne:
Want me to transfer it, to clear the Combination Issues? I didn't want to if you were planning to, in case we both were adding onto the page at the same time.

I would not do it without research, and don't have time to do that, so go ahead.

Done, found an obituary link online and added that too, have a look @Picathartes and you should find it's a better situation now.

Thanks All! I didn't get around to looking at this until just now, and I will check the "separation" and beef up the author info with the correct info now that I am able.