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1gangleri
Edited: Apr 25, 2008, 4:23 pm

http://www.librarything.com/author/reinerovalenka shows as
Author: Lenka Reinerova page after I combined
Author: Lenka Reinerová and Author: Lenka Reinerova

I added the Wikipedia author page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenka_Reinerov%C3%A1
to Author: Lenka Reinerová before I grouped the name variants.

This information has disapeared because the fuzzy algorithm assumes that the wrong variant Lenka Reinerova shuld be used.

Now I can not add a Wikipedia author page to the dominant (wrong) name variant (only some Awards and honors).

I assume that the correct method would be to inherit Common Knowledge informaation if name variants are grouped.

Hope you get this fixed soon. Thanks in advance for all your efforts.

Best regards לערי ריינהארט

2gangleri
Apr 25, 2008, 11:27 am

For a reason not known to me I am neither able to add
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wulf_Kirsten as Wikipedia author page to
http://www.librarything.com/author/kirstenwulf

3christiguc
Edited: Apr 25, 2008, 11:34 am

I don't know why you aren't able to add those links. I tried to add them, and both worked successfully. Sorry I can't be of more help in pinpointing your problem.

Edited to add: Currently common knowledge, links, and author pictures don't transfer from the subordinates to the dominant when authors are combined. The feature has been requested a couple of times.

4gangleri
Apr 25, 2008, 3:59 pm

Thanks a lot!

5gangleri
Jul 15, 2011, 4:42 pm

A workaround for the problem described here can be read at /topic/23068#2818779