internetarchive / internetarchive/openlibrary
Authors not redirecting after merge
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Description
Merging an author should redirect the IDs on all associated works and editions. Sometimes this does not happen. This prevents merging the affected works without editing the authors individually.
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### Relevant url?
https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL10347315A?m=history
https://openlibrary.org/works/OL29537362W/Mil_y_un_Fantasmas (Still present on this author when viewing the record, merge is not in the item's history. If you click to edit, the author is listed as "unknown author."
### Steps to Reproduce
1. Go to ... There are no steps to reproduce as it does not happen consistently. Or, at least, I have not identified the cause in order to identify when it will happen.
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