Common Knowledge, WikiThing, HelpThing

Descriptio: For discussion of LibraryThing's unique "Common Knowledge" feature—a sort of "fielded wiki" available on work and author pages—and our more conventional wiki, WikiThing.

Ascriptiones: crowd-sourcing (1), CK (1), HelpThing (2), WikiThing (2), Common Knowledge (2), site-related (2)

infiniteletters has proposed combining the group Librarything Series into this group.

Current tally: Yes 4, No 8

Institutum: Sep 10, 2007 scriptus a fluteflute; Lingua: English

Group Talk

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Res		nuntii	Nuntius recentior
award pages - data missing?		5	Stbalbach, December 7
Introducing Common Knowledge!		110	rsterling, December 2
wiki: integrate/link HelpThing and Help and FAQ pages?		10	caffron, November 3
Deleting a work from a Book award list?		3	RMXtreme, November 3
remove book from currently reading		4	joannasephine, October 27
contributor versus author		2	lquilter, October 26
Any circumstances where deleting from CK is ok?		19	klarusu, October 26
An explanation of "Disambiguation notice" ?		7	AnnieMod, October 17
Golden Compass: Three-Revert Rule for me...		24	rsterling, October 14
Obama and the Nobel Peace Prize		23	klarusu, October 14
an xls file with book data + the CK field "original publication date"?		9	bnielsen, October 5
Oy Vey correcting the corrections		8	staffordcastle, September 29
Member Recommendation Improvement (Trying Again!)		1	stephmo, September 28
wikithing help page for importing books (Amazon)		1	rsterling, September 22
restoring deleted data? (member made mass deletes)		26	rsterling, September 15
Notes on a Scandal		11	kathrynnd, September 11
wiki page on dvd entries		1	skittles, September 9
Canonical Title for Japanese Manga		7	BarkingMatt, September 7
URLs in short biography field		3	conceptDawg, Augustus 25
Man Booker Prize for Fiction vs. Booker Prize		19	rsterling, Augustus 10
Could not process my edit! Help?		6	legallypuzzled, Augustus 4
wikithing: contents box out of place		2	hailelib, Augustus 1
HelpThing and disabled features		1	caffron, Augustus 1
Recommendations Page Help Is Completely Outdated		5	caffron, Iulius 31
Tweaking Common Knowledge		6	justjim, Iulius 30
Newbie question about collections		4	sqdancer, Iulius 29
Occupations - not the same as Title		9	geoffmiles, Iulius 28
Unattributed biographies		9	stephmo, Iulius 28
Allowable special characters in Collections (and/or other places)?		4	WholeHouseLibrary, Iulius 27
Collections Wiki Update/Discussion Thread		7	eromsted, Iulius 27
Hammett Prize Nominee (2005) vs. Hammett (Nominee, 2005)		8	stephmo, Iulius 23
Blurbers		39	rsterling, Iulius 22
Common Knowledge: Rules!		282	jimroberts, Iulius 19
Book Description (not really CK but opinions sought)		14	hailelib, Iulius 18
are there problems with canonical name for authors? e.g. Plato not Platon		15	rsterling, Iulius 14
Madeleine-Marius, S.C., etc.		1	KingRat, Iulius 8
1.5 million CK edits? Yippee!		1	DanoStone, Iulius 4
Shortlist / Nominee Questions		3	AnnieMod, Iulius 1
Publisher's Editor...		14	KingRat, Iunius 19
1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read		14	AnnieMod, Iunius 5
WikiThing: Gallery display bug		4	quyet, Iunius 5
link to author's website - where?		7	quyet, Iunius 5
Question about first words		5	Noisy, Iunius 4
First words		12	BarkingMatt, Iunius 4
Most Recent Activity		9	lorax, Iunius 3
Original title		21	justjim, Iunius 1
Cruddy awards		37	deniro, Maius 29
CK Clouds		6	conceptDawg, Maius 28
Award name change		9	stephmo, Maius 22
WWI or World War I		17	stephmo, Maius 11
Nationality Field		7	bernsad, Maius 5
The use of leading zeroes in the Canonical Title field		6	trollsdotter, Maius 3
CK search working?		5	carport, Aprilis 23
bookaward group "Goncourt" problem		17	vpfluke, Aprilis 11
Canonical Name: "A Novel"		30	BarkingMatt, Martius 29
CK history incomplete?		5	rsterling, Martius 28
strange error message		1	erilarlo, Martius 25
A couple of questions on Relationships and Organizations		11	hailelib, Martius 17
new CK field ?? Connections		3	sqdancer, Martius 16
Wikipedia - The Missing Manual		6	JohnBroughton, Martius 15
Burial location		5	sqdancer, Martius 13
award names in different language versions (why delete somebody's entries?)		10	stephmo, Martius 12
Character Nicknames and Quotes		1	d2vge, Martius 11
University Name Changes		5	Osbaldistone, Martius 10
Alien race field for CK?		14	auntmarge64, Martius 9
Note in CK for book's original title?		3	amysisson, Martius 5
Canonical name?		17	ty1997, Martius 4
names in CK: alphabetizing (matronyms etc)		51	Anneli, Februarius 24
Cleaning up Common Knowledge		91	lquilter, Februarius 22
occupations - academics		2	kevinashley, Februarius 14
Common Knowledge and Fair Use Doctrine		9	andyl, Februarius 14
Amber Series that would not die		21	jjwilson61, Februarius 13
"Dead or Alive" Authors		79	lorax, Februarius 12
Legal names: MLA or APA Style		6	E59F, Februarius 11
Use ISO standards for country names		10	stephmo, Februarius 11
New CK field? - Dedications		31	stephmo, Februarius 11
First "Zombie" for Dead or Alive?		3	dukeallen, Februarius 10
Changing Firstname Lastname to Lastname, Firstname		3	infiniteletters, Februarius 6
new CK field: Legal name		9	PhaedraB, Februarius 3
amusing biography		4	tardis, Februarius 2
"Combine" characters?		5	jimroberts, Februarius 2
garbage data (vandalism)		3	qebo, Ianuarius 29
Can I edit layout of book list? (prefer format like Wiki topic list)		2	rsterling, Ianuarius 26
Series - covers		2	abbottthomas, Ianuarius 25
Is it OK to create a wiki thing for a group.		31	Noisy, Ianuarius 24
Series: Omnibus Editions		3	digifish_books, Ianuarius 21
help: reviewing		3	kristinbell, Ianuarius 19
How to add books to "recently read activity"(and then rate them ), please?		3	ryn_books, Ianuarius 19
Adding Books & Website Info to Author Page		14	Allemande, Ianuarius 18
Cleaning up CK "descriptions" that aren't		6	rsterling, Ianuarius 15
Last Sentence		5	LisaMorr, Ianuarius 14
Blurbers: Last, First or First Last?		6	rorrison, Ianuarius 13
What is "canonical title"?		62	abbottthomas, Ianuarius 12
Date format		6	davidt8, Ianuarius 9
canonical title for condensed books		2	PaulFoley, Ianuarius 6
Common Knowledge Edit Pencil's not working today?		3	Melmoth, Ianuarius 2
CK: Pet Peeve Entries		30	timepiece, December 2008
Non-English Common Knowledge		31	geitebukkeskjegg, December 2008
Help with Completing an Honor...		3	stephmo, December 2008
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