People/Characters and lack of links to Author Page?

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People/Characters and lack of links to Author Page?

1LolaWalser
Apr 18, 2024, 12:53 pm

Maybe I'm just missing something, but look as I might...

So, I came upon the page People/Characters whose subject is Dashiell Hammett

https://www.librarything.com/character/Dashiell+Hammett

and I would have liked to go from there to his Author Page (I wanted to look up some works), but it seems, although the whole thing is about him, there is no link to his LT Author Page? It seems counterintuitive and a miss, somehow.

2konallis
Edited: Apr 18, 2024, 1:08 pm

I'm sure this has been requested before, but can't find the thread. It would definitely be useful to be able to link between author page as author-as-character.

3LolaWalser
Apr 18, 2024, 1:15 pm

>2 konallis:

I see, thanks, good to know at least I wasn't missing something obvious.

4r.orrison
Apr 18, 2024, 4:13 pm

There's a link there now - it's easy to add to the Character Description box.

5LolaWalser
Apr 18, 2024, 4:29 pm

>4 r.orrison:

oh wow, that simple! Thanks. So is that the official go-to solution, or just something users decided on?

6AnnieMod
Apr 18, 2024, 4:41 pm

>5 LolaWalser: Most characters are not authors so I don’t think there is an official LT way or that an official integration had ever been planned. But that’s why we have the ability to add descriptions - so it can be used for whatever needs required. :)

7s.quattro
Feb 16, 2025, 10:44 am

I finally got all 14! Thankful for the help page. The frustrating thing for me is that I get the answers quickly enough, but spend more time trying to locate the page I need so that I can input the clues. It's all by hits and misses that I stumble upon the needed pages. I am unaware of a site menu that helps navigate to pages. This would be helpful to use every day (let alone the treasure hunt). I have bookmarked some of them now so that I can find them more easily in the future. Lol. Definitely a treasure hunt. Hours later, I am glad to have found them! Thanks for the game!