The best (and in this case only) way is to edit the work page:

http://openlibrary.org/works/OL7976641W/The_Operas_of_Mozart
By William Mann (= name, 20 works of different authors)

click on "edit" and change author to

"William Somervell Mann, 2 books including Richard Strauss"

This William is the music critic William Mann (1924 - 1989)
http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL5888016A/William_Somervell_Mann


Am 22.03.2011 07:27, schrieb  Alan Merryweather:
The William Mann etc that I'm interested in is the Mozart, Richard Srauss etc author. There /are/ namesakes and one book on an alien subject may or may not have been wrongly linked with my Mann. That is not yet researched. I'm hoping that next time I go to edit, that 'Mann, William' will have responded to my efforts to change the format as there is much duplication.

    ----- Original Message -----
    *From:* Patrick Conley <mailto:[email protected]>
    *To:* Open Library -- general discussion
    <mailto:[email protected]>
    *Sent:* Tuesday, March 22, 2011 12:51 AM
    *Subject:* Re: [ol-discuss] Merging authors

    I doubt, that this is the same man. Not even "William Mann" is one
    single person, unless he has a remarkable rage of interests:

    - 1982 a book about the Operas of Mozart
    - 1996 he's writing about the Netscape Navigator 3
    - 2005 he published the novel "All American Boy" with the imprint
    "William J. Mann"

    http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL2658241A/William_Mann


    Am 21.03.2011 19:14, schrieb  Alan Merryweather:
    Hi,
    This is the same man.
    William Mann
    William S Mann
    William Somervell Mann
    Books are listed under all three names.
    Presumably where the style of name is different, merging is
    inappropriate?
    TKS
    Alan Merryweather


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