1reading_fox
As subject -
Unless someone knows a workaround or I'm missing something.
At some stage of LT use I'll add a title to my wishlist. I may forget about it. I may eventually purchase the book, and some time later, once I've read it, I'll add the edition in front me. Which now tells me I have a duplicate. Oh yes it's the wishlist copy. It's 6+ clicks to delete this? Open the book page, select the wishlist copy, click on the dropdown, click on delete, click on from everywhere, and a final confirm.
I agree that deleting books from other collections shouldn't be something you do accidentally and hence the above is probably reasonable path. Is there any way to speed this up specifically for wishlist titles only?
Bit of a niche pony, but if it's easy it would make me happy - it doesn't usually happen for more than a title or two at once, but all the same it is annoyingly long-winded.
Unless someone knows a workaround or I'm missing something.
At some stage of LT use I'll add a title to my wishlist. I may forget about it. I may eventually purchase the book, and some time later, once I've read it, I'll add the edition in front me. Which now tells me I have a duplicate. Oh yes it's the wishlist copy. It's 6+ clicks to delete this? Open the book page, select the wishlist copy, click on the dropdown, click on delete, click on from everywhere, and a final confirm.
I agree that deleting books from other collections shouldn't be something you do accidentally and hence the above is probably reasonable path. Is there any way to speed this up specifically for wishlist titles only?
Bit of a niche pony, but if it's easy it would make me happy - it doesn't usually happen for more than a title or two at once, but all the same it is annoyingly long-winded.
2krazy4katz
Not sure what you mean, but I have books in a "wishlist" collection. These books are not "In My Library". When I purchase them, I delete them from the wishlist collection and place it in a collection that is relevant, like "To Be Read" and "Your Library". For me, that is the simplest way to do it. Good luck!!
3SandraArdnas
Most of those clicks are for deletion in general and I agree having to confirm delete is tiresome, but I delete rarely enough that I've learned to live with it, even though I wonder each time why would I click delete if I wanted to move it to 'read but unowned'. I'd click on collections and change it in that case, not on delete, haha.
But spotting duplicates is pretty straightforward, provided they are combined properly into the right work. You get the message after adding, open the workpage, which I do anyway since I'll go over the data of the new book, open the duplicate from there and delete.
But spotting duplicates is pretty straightforward, provided they are combined properly into the right work. You get the message after adding, open the workpage, which I do anyway since I'll go over the data of the new book, open the duplicate from there and delete.
4paradoxosalpha
Rather than editing the Wishlist entry, I usually make a fresh record for the actually acquired book, which helps make sure that I can pull in correct edition data. Then I search the title in my catalog, and delete from there (the red X at the extreme right). Here's an example of displayed duplicates in catalog view -- although in this case these are all ones I actually own and plan to keep; there's no wishlist item.
5reading_fox
>4 paradoxosalpha: Oh that's a better option. I'll try to remember to do it that way.
6paradoxosalpha
>5 reading_fox:
Also, if you make new entries for previously wishlisted books, and you are worried that you might have some old duplicates lying around as a result, you can use https://www.librarything.com/stats/MEMBERNAME/workdups to review your catalog for them.
Also, if you make new entries for previously wishlisted books, and you are worried that you might have some old duplicates lying around as a result, you can use https://www.librarything.com/stats/MEMBERNAME/workdups to review your catalog for them.
7JonathonL88
My wishlist collection grew too much and was getting out of hand, so I started a WishMostest collection.
8LeslieWx
>7 JonathonL88: I started a WishMostest collection LOL! I love it!
9jjwilson61
The Rating stars would be a perfect way to indicate how much you wish for the books in the wishlist collection. Unfortunately that would be misleading on the rating charts for the works. Another reason that I wish the wishlist collection were treated differently than the rest.
10paradoxosalpha
>9 jjwilson61: Unfortunately that would be misleading on the rating charts for the works.
Since those ratings don't go anywhere except to the rating charts, you are free to use them for that purpose. In your own catalog, it seems like the distinction between wishlist items (star for desirability) and read items (star for ... quality?) would be simple and obvious enough.
Since those ratings don't go anywhere except to the rating charts, you are free to use them for that purpose. In your own catalog, it seems like the distinction between wishlist items (star for desirability) and read items (star for ... quality?) would be simple and obvious enough.
11jjwilson61
>10 paradoxosalpha: Nothing aside from your respect for valid data.
12paradoxosalpha
>11 jjwilson61:
Well, I don't see any validity to the existing stars, since there is no formal guidance on what they signify. As far as I can tell, they are just for the purpose of people who want to assign stars to books as the individual users understand the stars to mean. Aggregating such data doesn't really demonstrate much.
Edited to add: I don't believe there is even a Zeitgeist setting for "starriest" books, as if the ratings could translate to rankings. Nor do I think, under the current circumstances, there should be such.
Well, I don't see any validity to the existing stars, since there is no formal guidance on what they signify. As far as I can tell, they are just for the purpose of people who want to assign stars to books as the individual users understand the stars to mean. Aggregating such data doesn't really demonstrate much.
Edited to add: I don't believe there is even a Zeitgeist setting for "starriest" books, as if the ratings could translate to rankings. Nor do I think, under the current circumstances, there should be such.
13keristars
>12 paradoxosalpha: https://www.librarything.com/zeitgeist/books
Top, Bottom, and Most Controversial by rating have been around for decades :)
Nonetheless, I agree that if you want to use stars to indicate how much you want a wishlist title, you should. Star ratings are too noisy for that to affect the results much.
Top, Bottom, and Most Controversial by rating have been around for decades :)
Nonetheless, I agree that if you want to use stars to indicate how much you want a wishlist title, you should. Star ratings are too noisy for that to affect the results much.
