Split authors with no disambiguation information

I've noticed quite a few cases where authors have been split, but the disambiguation box is blank. This makes it very difficult to assign any new works to the correct author. Furthermore, it's impossible to tell whether the splitter actually researched all the works properly, or whether they were just using glorified guesswork. In some cases, the splitter may still be working on the page, but I've seen a few where the split was done a year ago or more, and there's still no information.

So I'm starting this thread as a place to record author pages that need disambiguation notices. I know that when I come across them, I may not be in the humour to do the necessary research, but I'd like to be able to come back to them later. If anyone else has noticed examples, please post them here.
A couple of examples:
Patrick Robinson http://www.librarything.com/author/robinsonpatrick&norefer=1 done
Paul Robinson http://www.librarything.com/author/robinsonpaul done

edited to add:
Tony Brown http://www.librarything.com/author/browntony&norefer=1 done
Christopher Brown http://www.librarything.com/author/brownchristopher&norefer=1 done
Ian Brown http://www.librarything.com/author/brownian&norefer=1 done

I am glad you posted this. I had just tussled a little bit with Samuel Miller earlier this evening, which had had no disambiguation info, and I will go back to it to finish it.

1: Just to clarify. Librarians often use glorified guesswork when differentiating authors, so there's no particular reason why LibraryThingers shouldn't too. Just make sure it's actually glorified (spend a couple of minutes at least trying to make sure there isn't good information around to make more informed judgments). And obviously pay attention to any actual data other folks have collected and put in the disambiguation area.

Edited to fix typo

#3
I mentioned glorified guesswork because I was a bit too enthusiastic myself when I started splitting authors, and had to correct them later. ;)

I've now fixed Tony Brown's page:
http://www.librarything.com/author/browntony&norefer=1

And I've found another to do:
Mary Brown http://www.librarything.com/author/brownmary&norefer=1

Starting a new list:
Sarah Hale http://www.librarything.com/author/halesarah&norefer=1 done
Sarah Khan http://www.librarything.com/author/khansarah&norefer=1 done
Sarah Leslie http://www.librarything.com/author/lesliesarah done
Sarah Quigley http://www.librarything.com/author/quigleysarah done
Sarah Waters http://www.librarything.com/author/waterssarah&norefer=1 done
Patricia Meehan http://www.librarything.com/author/meehanpatricia done
Patricia Phillips http://www.librarything.com/author/phillipspatricia done
Patricia Roberts http://www.librarything.com/author/robertspatricia done
Patricia Wilson http://www.librarything.com/author/wilsonpatricia&norefer=1 done
Mary Ellen http://www.librarything.com/author/ellenmary done
Mary Hall http://www.librarything.com/author/hallmary&norefer=1 done
Mary Hamilton http://www.librarything.com/author/hamiltonmary&norefer=1 done
Mary Hollingsworth http://www.librarything.com/author/hollingsworthmary&norefer=1 done
Mary Lee http://www.librarything.com/author/leemary&norefer=1 done

thanks to fdholt for all the work on these!

I think you need a combination expert on Sarah Hale!
Sarah Hale (2) is Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (October 24, 1788 - April 30, 1879) who has a separate entry.
The five by Sarah Hale (unknown) I think are by Sarah Elder Hale who also has a separate entry, and are part of the cobblestone history magazine.

If you need help post to combiners group : Combining/Separating (Please Fix This Book!) Request Thread #26!!!

Another batch:
Mary Hooper http://www.librarything.com/author/hoopermary&norefer=1 done
Allen Johnson http://www.librarything.com/author/johnsonallen&norefer=1 done
Andrew Porter http://www.librarything.com/author/porterandrew done
Anne Weiss http://www.librarything.com/author/weissanne&norefer=1 done
Mary Wilder Tileston http://www.librarything.com/author/tilestonmarywilder done
Charles R. Anderson http://www.librarything.com/author/andersoncharlesr&norefer=1 done
Jane Howard http://www.librarything.com/author/howardjane&norefer=1 done
Jane Milton http://www.librarything.com/author/miltonjane done
Michael Manning http://www.librarything.com/author/manningmichael&norefer=1 done
Philip Hughes http://www.librarything.com/author/hughesphilip&norefer=1 done

Once again, thanks to fdholt for sorting these out!

I've been working on Samuel Seabury: http://www.librarything.com/author/seaburysamuel&norefer=1
grandfather, grandson, & great-great grandson (I think) still checking my data.

A new batch:
Mary Brown (forgot about in earlier post!) http://www.librarything.com/author/brownmary&norefer=1 done
Jane Williams http://www.librarything.com/author/williamsjane done
Andrew Moore http://www.librarything.com/author/mooreandrew&norefer=1 done
Jane Smith http://www.librarything.com/author/smithjane done
Patrick Kelly http://www.librarything.com/author/kellypatrick&norefer=1 done
Christopher Alexander http://www.librarything.com/author/alexanderchristopher&norefer=1 done
Christopher Ash http://www.librarything.com/author/ashchristopher&norefer=1 done
Charles Brooks http://www.librarything.com/author/brookscharles&norefer=1 done
Charles Bruce http://www.librarything.com/author/brucecharles&norefer=1 done
Charles Butler http://www.librarything.com/author/butlercharles&norefer=1 done
Charles Elliott http://www.librarything.com/author/elliottcharles&norefer=1 done
Charles George http://www.librarything.com/author/georgecharles&norefer=1 done
Bernard Levin http://www.librarything.com/author/levinbernard done
Charles Maclean http://www.librarything.com/author/macleancharles done
Charles Marsh http://www.librarything.com/author/marshcharles&norefer=1 done

Thanks EveleenM, I like doing these. BTW I don't mind it if someone splits an author without adding the disambiguation notice, better that imo then leaving a page with multiple authors without doing anything, even if it does mean having to start all over again at the beginning.

Jane Williams is done. Someone who likes to combine works might like to have a look at the book actually by Jane A Williams at the end of the list.

I'll put in my dibs to start on Charles Elliott next.

Oh yes, it's better that they're split - I know I've sometimes forgotten I was splitting a page, and left it without the notice. This thread is just to collect any that people spot; since they've often been there a year or more, I don't think we should feel under any pressure to get them all done in a rush!

Good idea! I've done Bernard Levin and Charles March.

I recently split William Smith (link: http://www.librarything.com/author/smithwilliam&norefer=1 , with 13 separate people. There are probably some more work combination possibilities, but I ran out of steam. This is the kind of author where one absolutely needs a disambiguation notice, so that if you try to assign some of the unknown works to someone, you know to whom to assign them. I was able to find middle initials for some of the distinct authors, but I didn't try to look them up in other author pages.

Charles Brooks is done.

Charles George is done

I've looked at Christopher Ash but not really sorted them. Patrick Kelly is done.

ETA ...also Charles Bruce

EATA ..and Charles Butler

Why does this thread keep disappearing?

...and most of Andrew Moore

I've noticed this as well. It would pop up as having unread messages on one refresh of Talk, but not another.

All the earlier examples are done, with thanks to everyone who chipped in!

Another batch:
Richard Hart http://www.librarything.com/author/hartrichard&norefer=1 done
Ann Richards http://www.librarything.com/author/richardsann&norefer=1 done
Anne Brennan http://www.librarything.com/author/brennananne&norefer=1 done
Anne Ford http://www.librarything.com/author/fordanne&norefer=1 done
Anne Jackson http://www.librarything.com/author/jacksonanne done
Anne Lewis http://www.librarything.com/author/lewisanne done
George Robertson http://www.librarything.com/author/robertsongeorge&norefer=1 done
Anne Williams http://www.librarything.com/author/williamsanne done
William Vaughan http://www.librarything.com/author/vaughanwilliam&norefer=1 done
Henry Holland http://www.librarything.com/author/hollandhenry&norefer=1 done
Robert West Howard http://www.librarything.com/author/howardrobertwest&norefer=1 done
John Beaumont http://www.librarything.com/author/beaumontjohn done
John Hammond http://www.librarything.com/author/hammondjohn&norefer=1 done
John Sutton http://www.librarything.com/author/suttonjohn&norefer=1 done
John Willison http://www.librarything.com/author/willisonjohn&norefer=1 done
Kenneth Bailey http://www.librarything.com/author/baileykenneth&norefer=1 done
Emma Smith http://www.librarything.com/author/smithemma done
Richard Cook http://www.librarything.com/author/cookrichard&norefer=1 done
Edward Jones http://www.librarything.com/author/jonesedward&norefer=1 done
David Milne http://www.librarything.com/author/milnedavid&norefer=1 done

As before, there's no hurry in sorting them out.

I did Richard Cook, because I thought I recognized the author.
I fiddled around with John Gill last week. http://www.librarything.com/author/gilljohn&norefer=1

Anne Jackson mostly done.

Richard Hart and George Robertson are done.

...also William Vaughan and (some of) Edward Jones. More work needed on the latter.

ETA ...and John Sutton.

David Milne is done.

Henry Holland done

Once again. all the names listed earlier are now done. Thanks again to everyone who worked on them!

and I've managed to collect another batch:
Bill George http://www.librarything.com/author/georgebill done
George Davidson http://www.librarything.com/author/davidsongeorge&norefer=1 done
George Dawson http://www.librarything.com/author/dawsongeorge&norefer=1 done
George Fox http://www.librarything.com/author/foxgeorge&norefer=1 done
George Johnston http://www.librarything.com/author/johnstongeorge done
George Kennedy http://www.librarything.com/author/kennedygeorge done
John Townsend http://www.librarything.com/author/townsendjohn done
George Saunders http://www.librarything.com/author/saundersgeorge done
George Savage http://www.librarything.com/author/savagegeorge done
George Stanley http://www.librarything.com/author/stanleygeorge done
George White http://www.librarything.com/author/whitegeorge&norefer=1 done
Edward Leigh http://www.librarything.com/author/leighedward done
Edward Miller http://www.librarything.com/author/milleredward&norefer=1 done
Edward Newman http://www.librarything.com/author/newmanedward done
Elizabeth Edwards http://www.librarything.com/author/edwardselizabeth&norefer=1 done

As before, there's no hurry.

Elizabeth Edwards is done, although there are still some "unknowns".
George Savage is also done.

I've done Bill George.

I think these are all "done". Although, of course, they are never really done.

Yes, indeed, thanks for the reminder! And thanks again, to you and to everyone else who worked on them.

In the meantime, I've collected another bunch (a small one this time!):
Jim Henry http://www.librarything.com/author/henryjim done
Henry Williams http://www.librarything.com/author/williamshenry done
Margaret Barker http://www.librarything.com/author/barkermargaret done
Margaret Bonham http://www.librarything.com/author/bonhammargaret done
Margaret Ferguson http://www.librarything.com/author/fergusonmargaret done
Barbara Schneider http://www.librarything.com/author/schneiderbarbara done

Henry Williams and Margaret Barker are done.

ETA ....and Jim Henry.

I've done Margaret Ferguson and Barbara Schneider as well as tweaking 2WonderY's work on Margaret Bonham.

I mean't to ask you what you thought of Wexford this year - we enjoyed it.

The missing notices are more obvious now with the new split pages!

James Macdonald http://www.librarything.com/author/macdonaldjames done
John Horgan http://www.librarything.com/author/horganjohn done
Stephen Collins http://www.librarything.com/author/collinsstephen done
Daniel Cassidy http://www.librarything.com/author/cassidydaniel done

Thomas Powell http://www.librarything.com/author/powellthomas done
Judith Hill http://www.librarything.com/author/hilljudith done
James Murray http://www.librarything.com/author/murrayjames done

I took a look at James Macdonald, before I read your endnote, and made a couple of updates.

John Horgan is updated.

James Murray is updated (also Jim Murray)

A new batch:
Anne Collins http://www.librarything.com/author/collinsanne done
Robert Richardson http://www.librarything.com/author/richardsonrobert done
John Law http://www.librarything.com/author/lawjohn done
Jessica Smith http://www.librarything.com/author/smithjessica done
Robert Morrow http://www.librarything.com/author/morrowrobert done
Paul Roberts http://www.librarything.com/author/robertspaul done
Stephen Hopkins http://www.librarything.com/author/hopkinsstephen done
Michael Knight http://www.librarything.com/author/knightmichael done
James R. Ross http://www.librarything.com/author/rossjamesr done
Mark Freeman http://www.librarything.com/author/freemanmark done
Sandra Martin http://www.librarything.com/author/martinsandra done
Jim Dodge http://www.librarything.com/author/dodgejim done

As always, there's no rush!

I got Anne Collins thru Jessica Smith.

And Robert Morrow thru Michael Knight

Done.

A small batch:
Peter Johnson http://www.librarything.com/author/johnsonpeter done
David Cross http://www.librarything.com/author/crossdavid done
J. C. http://www.librarything.com/author/1108784162 done

Richard Watson http://www.librarything.com/author/watsonrichard done
John Locke http://www.librarything.com/author/lockejohn done
Michael Newton http://www.librarything.com/author/newtonmichael done
Lynn Anderson http://www.librarything.com/author/andersonlynn done

As usual, there's no rush!

I worked on John Locke. It seems that #7 has wrong tags (tags seem to belong to #1). I think I've noticed this a while ago on another author.

I worked on Lynn Anderson and Michael Newton.

The last are all finished now - thanks, everyone!

A new batch:
Paul Butler http://www.librarything.com/author/butlerpaul done
David Wilkinson http://www.librarything.com/author/wilkinsondavid done
William Winter http://www.librarything.com/author/winterwilliam done
Michael Connelly http://www.librarything.com/author/connellymichael done
John Marsden http://www.librarything.com/author/marsdenjohn
Judy Collins http://www.librarything.com/author/collinsjudy done
Craig Russell http://www.librarything.com/author/russellcraig done
Justin Taylor http://www.librarything.com/author/taylorjustin
Stephen Zimmer http://www.librarything.com/author/zimmerstephen done
Stuart Brown http://www.librarything.com/author/brownstuart

EveleenM - just wanted to say, thanks for this topic. Whenever I'm looking for something to do on LibraryThing, I come here. I like finding info on authors!

William Winter is done. And Michael Connelly. And David Wilkinson (mostly). And Paul Butler. And Craig Russell.

Judy Collins (apart from JC #1) has me beat. But Stephen Zimmer is done. And John Marsden.

The Judy Collins mess seems to be a result of Harlequin's amazing sloppiness in giving author details: half the surname-only works across LibraryThing seem to be theirs. In this case, they seem to have plumped for Judy Collins as the name for two completely different authors, Toni Collins and Colleen Collins. I've aliased the works to the correct pages, but by the numbers they're not going to leave the Judy Collins page anytime soon.