Stranded Links message should refer to new links and ignore old links

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Stranded Links message should refer to new links and ignore old links

1r.orrison
Mar 4, 2019, 9:49 am

On https://www.librarything.com/author/booksfirefly there is a "There are links stranded" message, pointing to https://www.librarything.com/author/firefly&norefer=2. There don't appear to be any links on that page, and I think the message is referring to a link in the old author links section, but there's no way to get rid of it.

The message should only be checking for links in the new format, and should ignore any (now hidden) links in the old format.

2lorannen
Mar 4, 2019, 11:46 am

>1 r.orrison: Good catch! Not a bug, exactly, but still something that needs finishing up for the newer Author Links feature. Thanks for reporting.

3CtrSacredSciences
Mag 5, 2019, 3:30 pm

Here's another, copied the link to the new author page, and deleted the old link after separating the author then combining two of the separated bits. lol not sure how to say that. Anyway, the inactive link page is still showing as stranded maybe because the link is still there under history:

https://www.librarything.com/author/lamatharchinrinpoche

4r.orrison
Mag 19, 2019, 4:36 am

Bump with another example: https://www.librarything.com/author/brickellthenewbohemi

I do consider it a bug - the message on that page says "There are links stranded on: Edie Brickell & New Bohemians" but when you go to that page there are no stranded links.

5SandraArdnas
Mag 19, 2019, 6:34 am

I can confirm, I ran across around a dozen authors where even after you delete the link, the message persists

6r.orrison
Giu 10, 2019, 5:34 pm

8r.orrison
Lug 15, 2019, 7:13 am

>7 MarthaJeanne: Yes, that looks like the same problem.

Bumping with another example:

On the author page for André Gide it says "There are links stranded on: Andre Paul Guillaume Gide". There are no visible stranded links on that page.

9r.orrison
Ott 18, 2019, 6:07 pm

10r.orrison
Ott 23, 2019, 6:54 am

Here's another one: Frédéric Kaplan author page says "There are links stranded on: Kaplan Frédéric" but there aren't.

11karenb
Dic 20, 2019, 3:42 am

The same problem: "unreachable stranded links"
https://www.librarything.com/topic/242999

Another example: https://www.librarything.com/author/willgeorgef
(probably because I combined a formerly-split author with another split author)

12r.orrison
Dic 26, 2019, 1:20 pm

13CtrSacredSciences
Gen 26, 2020, 6:27 pm

Here's another one, David J. Chalmers was merged with David John Chalmers, the links were merged or deleted but the stranded links error message still appears, but clicking takes one to nada. https://www.librarything.com/author/chalmersdavidj

14r.orrison
Feb 24, 2020, 6:14 pm

15r.orrison
Apr 17, 2020, 3:44 am

16r.orrison
Giu 10, 2020, 12:51 pm

17r.orrison
Dic 25, 2020, 6:19 pm

19r.orrison
Feb 19, 2021, 3:45 am

20timspalding
Feb 20, 2021, 3:42 am

Okay. But fixed. Most are gone because they were untrue. A few remain, e.g.,

https://www.librarything.com/author/tanizakijunichiro

I should add a link to move everything over from the subordinate name.

21r.orrison
Feb 20, 2021, 4:06 am

Thank you! And a quick fix button would be great, to save having to copy each one over individually.