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Most authors cannot be deleted because of dangling references on editions which cannot be changed

Open cdrini opened this issue 5 years ago • 3 comments

Editions hold a copy of the author OLID, which falls out of sync with the work, and cannot be edited via the UI.

  • The root cause of this is #2625
  • Related: #3343

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Go to https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL3099625A/Delete_duplicate
  2. Press "Delete record"
  • Actual: This Author page cannot be deleted as 1 record(s) still reference this id. Please remove or reassign before trying again. Referenced by: ['/books/OL8796829M']
  • Expected: Delete succeeds

Details

  • Logged in (Y/N)? Y (admin)
  • Browser type/version? FF75
  • Operating system? Win10
  • Environment (prod/dev/local)? prod

Proposal & Constraints

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cdrini avatar Apr 28 '20 17:04 cdrini

Came across this issue looking for ways to contribute... is the project still having this problem? If it is, would a viable solution be to sync edition authors with work authors except for orphaned editions?

drakene avatar Feb 08 '21 17:02 drakene

AFAICT yes it would. Author records should only be linked via work records, never directly from edition records.

LeadSongDog avatar Feb 10 '21 05:02 LeadSongDog

Priority increased due to @seabelis feedback

mekarpeles avatar Sep 15 '23 17:09 mekarpeles