Pseudonym vs Author Name
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1aspirit
When I search on Stacey Abrams, I see the non-fiction books under that byline and Selena Montgomery's novels. Those bylines are for the same person, so I understand why the author pages are combined. The problem appears to be that someone added Abrams as the author in the CK, forcing a bunch of romance novels in CK (lists, recommendations, and series) searches that as far as I know have never been marketed under any name but Selena Montgomery.
Example: Reckless
by Selena Montgomery (Pseudonym), Stacey Abrams (Author)
The way the novels are now is confusing, as well as bit misleading. Is there a reason for this confusing override of the byline I'm not understanding, or would deleting the politician's name on the fiction work pages be reasonable?
Example: Reckless
by Selena Montgomery (Pseudonym), Stacey Abrams (Author)
The way the novels are now is confusing, as well as bit misleading. Is there a reason for this confusing override of the byline I'm not understanding, or would deleting the politician's name on the fiction work pages be reasonable?
2MarthaJeanne
The real question is what name the combined author page ought to use. The page is https://www.librarything.com/author/montgomeryselena, but a canonical name has been set. The other author probably doesn't make a lot of difference.
3lilithcat
My opinion:
The page should be under Stacey Abrams, with "Selena Montgomery" listed under "other names" (which is for "Pen names, pseudonyms, aliases, noms de plume" - click on "edit" for that field and you'll see that).
The novels should show only "Selena Montgomery" as the author, since that is how they are marketed. (This is different from books that use "Jane Doe writing as Richard Roe" on the cover.)
A disambiguation notice should be added saying something like "Stacey Abrams writes non-fiction under her real name and fiction under the name Selena Montgomery".
The page should be under Stacey Abrams, with "Selena Montgomery" listed under "other names" (which is for "Pen names, pseudonyms, aliases, noms de plume" - click on "edit" for that field and you'll see that).
The novels should show only "Selena Montgomery" as the author, since that is how they are marketed. (This is different from books that use "Jane Doe writing as Richard Roe" on the cover.)
A disambiguation notice should be added saying something like "Stacey Abrams writes non-fiction under her real name and fiction under the name Selena Montgomery".
4r.orrison
My opinion:
The Canonical Name field shouldn't be filled in on the author page - the system should be allowed to select whatever name the author is most commonly known by on LibraryThing. (In this particular case, and in most cases, that should work fine. Sometimes bad data wins, and the author name is wrong - that's what the Canonical Name field is for.) You wouldn't set the Canonical Name field on Mark Twain's page to "Clemens, Samuel Langhorne", would you?
On the work page, there's no point listing the same author twice - again just let the system decide the most commonly used name on LibraryThing (unless that's wrong).
The Canonical Name field shouldn't be filled in on the author page - the system should be allowed to select whatever name the author is most commonly known by on LibraryThing. (In this particular case, and in most cases, that should work fine. Sometimes bad data wins, and the author name is wrong - that's what the Canonical Name field is for.) You wouldn't set the Canonical Name field on Mark Twain's page to "Clemens, Samuel Langhorne", would you?
On the work page, there's no point listing the same author twice - again just let the system decide the most commonly used name on LibraryThing (unless that's wrong).
