Add ability to "never" a work combination

Prompted by a recent discussion in which it was pointed out that there exists a book with the title and author of Don Quixote but the ISBN of Cannery Row, which when combined into either causes the two to be suggested for combination, I recalled a previous discussion in which such ugly data was discussed. jjwilson came up with the idea of being able to say no to suggestions, seconded by rsterling, supported by Tim himself, and others.

I'm picking out that single idea -- "nevering" a suggested work combination -- for discussion.

Edited to add: I don't know if the book in question is actually a zero-copy edition or not, but it doesn't really matter.

This seems like a no brainer to me.All we need is a mechanism. out of the air I would say three never combine flags to implement it . With each book allowed one appeal. Which would bring it to say it Abbey's attention who could judge the status and make it permanent.

I think it might be easier to never ISBN combos?

So what happens when someone 'nevers' a legit combination?

Perhaps it nevers it as a suggestion, much as nevering an author combination does. It could still be possible to do the combination, but not as obvious. Indeed, with works if it's not suggested, it's not possible in the UI -- but still possible, and there are plenty of people who know how in the Combiners! group.

5> Right. Just wanted to hash out the details. A "never" would cause it not to show up as a suggested combination on the Editions page, but to still show up on the author combination page. Gotcha.

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Some of the things that would require nevering are those cases where the same ISBN has been used for different works.

But work numbers can change easily. ISBNs, like author records in LT, are fairly static.

I just came across a work where this would be awfully handy: http://www.librarything.com/work/382721/editions. All the works in the suggested list are different works and it would be nice if we could get them off the list.

p.s. I realize that the work is still a mess, but I can't clean it up farther without some addition in the title.