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Help combining

1lemontwist
Set 1, 2022, 7:59 am

For some reason, I can add these two works to my workbench but when I go to combine the 0 edition work is missing. Anybody know how to get these works to combine?

https://www.librarything.com/work/27437674
https://www.librarything.com/work/28754962

2MarthaJeanne
Set 1, 2022, 8:47 am

I get the same thing.

3lemontwist
Set 1, 2022, 9:15 am

Weird, I'm getting it with another thing I want to combine as well. I'll check back in a few hours and if nobody can do it I'll open a bug report.

(For the record, here are the other works getting stuck:
https://www.librarything.com/work/28755389
https://www.librarything.com/work/28220790 )

4Nevov
Set 1, 2022, 9:19 am

Check the Editions page, if it says "None" then workbench combining won't work (nor will author page combining, both of those rely on there being editions). I believe this happens when a separator goes too far and peels every edition away.

For example in >1 lemontwist:: https://www.librarything.com/work/27437674/editions
Copies and editions of this title
None

They can still be combined but only by those who have "the knowledge" :-)

5lemontwist
Set 1, 2022, 9:21 am

>4 Nevov: Interesting... do you have "the knowledge"? And if so, can you share it?

6Nevov
Editado: Set 1, 2022, 9:35 am

I believe it is something handed down from master to apprentice, back to the time when T.Spalding first invented ye moderne tecnolgie "Combining". I think it's the same as how the "too much love" combining is handled, so because it lets the usual rules protecting almighty screwups from happening be broken, it's only shared when trust is gained that it won't lead to almighty messups, and for that reason not publicised. Edit: no I am not in the ranks :-) Edit2: I have been posting them in the "too much love" thread when I hit one, but I'm sure they're monitoring this... :-)

7MarthaJeanne
Set 1, 2022, 9:40 am

I'm not in the know either, and very, very happy to leave it that way.

8karenb
Set 1, 2022, 10:07 pm

>6 Nevov: Yes, posting in the Too much love thread will see it taken care of eventually. (link goes to topic #4, current in Sept. 2022)

9bernsad
Set 2, 2022, 4:37 am

>1 lemontwist: Those first 2 links lead to the same work i.e. there is nothing to combine.

10lemontwist
Set 2, 2022, 6:47 am

>9 bernsad:, that means somebody must have combined them. (Thanks to whoever did so.)