openlibrary icon indicating copy to clipboard operation
openlibrary copied to clipboard

Require approval for work title and author name edits

Open seabelis opened this issue 2 months ago • 2 comments

Feature Request

Problem / Opportunity

Changes to work titles and author names affect many editions simultaneously. When the edits are incorrect, this can cascade into additional problems such as incorrect merges. These types of edits should require review by the super librarians prior to going live.

Incorrect changes have resulted in bad merges which are difficult and time-consuming to fix given how many records can be involved.

Success is when an editor below super-librarian status edits one of these fields and the edit is sent to the merge queue for review.

Proposal

Breakdown

Related files

Refer to this map of common Endpoints: *

Requirements Checklist

Checklist of requirements that need to be satisfied in order for this issue to be closed:

  • [ ]

Stakeholders


Instructions for Contributors

seabelis avatar Oct 08 '25 11:10 seabelis

Hi! I’d love to work on this issue. Could you please assign it to me if it’s still open?

Aayushdev18 avatar Oct 23 '25 21:10 Aayushdev18

Sorry for the delay @Aayushdev18!

Before making code changes, can you help us with breakdown by:

  1. Clarifying what you believe the task to be
  2. Identifying which files are related to the issue
  3. Asking any questions you may have about the goal or requirements of this issue
  4. Proposing a solution or approach

jimchamp avatar Dec 05 '25 01:12 jimchamp