internetarchive / internetarchive/openlibrary

Require approval for work title and author name edits

Open
#11,338 5 comments 0 reactions 1 assignee Claimed by @jimchamp View on GitHub
Affects: Data Affects: Librarians Lead: @cdrini Needs: Breakdown Priority: 2 State: Blocked Type: Feature Request
Dominant language
Python
Stars
6.7k
Forks
2k
Avg merge
2d 19h
Merged PRs (30d)
138

Description

### Feature Request

### Problem / Opportunity

Changes to work titles and author names affect many editions simultaneously. When the edits are incorrect, this can cascade into additional problems such as incorrect merges. These types of edits should require review by the super librarians prior to going live.

Incorrect changes have resulted in bad merges which are difficult and time-consuming to fix given how many records can be involved.

Success is when an editor below super-librarian status edits one of these fields and the edit is sent to the merge queue for review.

### Proposal

### Breakdown

### Related files

Refer to [this map of common Endpoints](https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/wiki/Endpoints):
*

### Requirements Checklist
Checklist of requirements that need to be satisfied in order for this issue to be closed:
* [ ]

### Stakeholders

*


### Instructions for Contributors

* **Before** [creating a new branch](https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/wiki/Git-Cheat-Sheet#making-changes-and-creating-a-pull-request) or pushing up changes to a PR, please first [run these commands](https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/wiki/Git-Cheat-Sheet#working-on-your-branch) to ensure your repository is up to date, as the pre-commit bot may add commits to your PRs upstream.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Assessment

This issue has not been assessed yet.

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.