Common Knowledge, WikiThing, HelpThing

Description: 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.

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Topics		messages	Last message
Blurbers		39	zanyforever, Yesterday 6:38pm
Locus/Locus Award		1	LamontCranston, Yesterday 8:14am
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, August 25
Man Booker Prize for Fiction vs. Booker Prize		19	rsterling, August 10
Could not process my edit! Help?		6	legallypuzzled, August 4
wikithing: contents box out of place		2	hailelib, August 1
HelpThing and disabled features		1	caffron, August 1
Recommendations Page Help Is Completely Outdated		5	caffron, July 31
Tweaking Common Knowledge		6	justjim, July 30
Newbie question about collections		4	sqdancer, July 29
Occupations - not the same as Title		9	geoffmiles, July 28
Unattributed biographies		9	stephmo, July 28
Allowable special characters in Collections (and/or other places)?		4	WholeHouseLibrary, July 27
Collections Wiki Update/Discussion Thread		7	eromsted, July 27
Hammett Prize Nominee (2005) vs. Hammett (Nominee, 2005)		8	stephmo, July 23
Common Knowledge: Rules!		282	jimroberts, July 19
Book Description (not really CK but opinions sought)		14	hailelib, July 18
are there problems with canonical name for authors? e.g. Plato not Platon		15	rsterling, July 14
Madeleine-Marius, S.C., etc.		1	KingRat, July 8
1.5 million CK edits? Yippee!		1	DanoStone, July 4
Shortlist / Nominee Questions		3	AnnieMod, July 1
Publisher's Editor...		14	KingRat, June 19
1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read		14	AnnieMod, June 5
WikiThing: Gallery display bug		4	quyet, June 5
link to author's website - where?		7	quyet, June 5
Question about first words		5	Noisy, June 4
First words		12	BarkingMatt, June 4
Most Recent Activity		9	lorax, June 3
Original title		21	justjim, June 1
Cruddy awards		37	deniro, May 29
CK Clouds		6	conceptDawg, May 28
Award name change		9	stephmo, May 22
WWI or World War I		17	stephmo, May 11
Nationality Field		7	bernsad, May 5
The use of leading zeroes in the Canonical Title field		6	trollsdotter, May 3
CK search working?		5	carport, April 23
bookaward group "Goncourt" problem		17	vpfluke, April 11
Canonical Name: "A Novel"		30	BarkingMatt, March 29
CK history incomplete?		5	rsterling, March 28
strange error message		1	erilarlo, March 25
A couple of questions on Relationships and Organizations		11	hailelib, March 17
new CK field ?? Connections		3	sqdancer, March 16
Wikipedia - The Missing Manual		6	JohnBroughton, March 15
Burial location		5	sqdancer, March 13
award names in different language versions (why delete somebody's entries?)		10	stephmo, March 12
Character Nicknames and Quotes		1	d2vge, March 11
University Name Changes		5	Osbaldistone, March 10
Alien race field for CK?		14	auntmarge64, March 9
Note in CK for book's original title?		3	amysisson, March 5
Canonical name?		17	ty1997, March 4
names in CK: alphabetizing (matronyms etc)		51	Anneli, February 24
Cleaning up Common Knowledge		91	lquilter, February 22
occupations - academics		2	kevinashley, February 14
Common Knowledge and Fair Use Doctrine		9	andyl, February 14
Amber Series that would not die		21	jjwilson61, February 13
"Dead or Alive" Authors		79	lorax, February 12
Legal names: MLA or APA Style		6	E59F, February 11
Use ISO standards for country names		10	stephmo, February 11
New CK field? - Dedications		31	stephmo, February 11
First "Zombie" for Dead or Alive?		3	dukeallen, February 10
Changing Firstname Lastname to Lastname, Firstname		3	infiniteletters, February 6
new CK field: Legal name		9	PhaedraB, February 3
amusing biography		4	tardis, February 2
"Combine" characters?		5	jimroberts, February 2
garbage data (vandalism)		3	qebo, January 29
Can I edit layout of book list? (prefer format like Wiki topic list)		2	rsterling, January 26
Series - covers		2	abbottthomas, January 25
Is it OK to create a wiki thing for a group.		31	Noisy, January 24
Series: Omnibus Editions		3	digifish_books, January 21
help: reviewing		3	kristinbell, January 19
How to add books to "recently read activity"(and then rate them ), please?		3	ryn_books, January 19
Adding Books & Website Info to Author Page		14	Allemande, January 18
Cleaning up CK "descriptions" that aren't		6	rsterling, January 15
Last Sentence		5	LisaMorr, January 14
Blurbers: Last, First or First Last?		6	rorrison, January 13
What is "canonical title"?		62	abbottthomas, January 12
Date format		6	davidt8, January 9
canonical title for condensed books		2	PaulFoley, January 6
Common Knowledge Edit Pencil's not working today?		3	Melmoth, January 2
CK: Pet Peeve Entries		30	timepiece, December 2008
Non-English Common Knowledge		31	geitebukkeskjegg, December 2008
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