Hi all, (Open) librarians specifically, In my effort to slim down the US government* in Open Library from 33,500 authors to, ehr, fewer authors, I came across the "most prolific" US government author so far: former President Clinton. There were 342 hits when searching for "United States Clinton" as author. I think I managed to merge them all. [1]
My question: does it make sense or do we, or the (trained) librarians around here, want to keep the entries for "... President (1993- ) ..." and "... President (1993-2001) ..." apart? To me, there is only one, so I merged the two (1993-2001) with the 340 (1993-) entries. If that was "wrong", which I don't think, we need an "undo merge". If people would like to help merge United States authors, there are some suggestions in the attachment. I created 'slugs' to group the names by removing spaces and interpunction. Former President Reagan has just under 200 entries... Ben * isn't "slimming down the government" among the goals of the American government? :) [1] http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL191105A/United_States._President_%281993-2001_Clinton%29
"slug","count(name)" "unitedstatespresident1993clinton","340" "unitedstatescongresshousecommitteeonriversandharbors","321" "unitedstatescongressjointselectcommitteeondispositionofuselesspapersintheexecutivedepartments","165" "unitedstatescongresshousecommitteeonpatents","161" "unitedstatescongresshousecommitteeonimmigrationandnaturalization","158" "unitedstatescongresshousecommitteeoninteriorandinsularaffairs","157" "unitedstatespresident1981reagan","118" "unitedstatescongresshousecommitteeonresources","115" "unitedstatescongresshousecommitteeonnaturalresources","105" "unitedstatescongresshousecommitteeonfinancialservices","83" "unitedstatescongresshousecommitteeonlabor","78" "unitedstatescongresssenatecommitteeonhealtheducationlaborandpensions","74" "unitedstatespresident19811989reagan","70" "unitedstatescongresshousecommitteeonenergyandcommerce","69" "unitedstatescongresshousecommitteeoninvestigationofunitedstatessteelcorporation","68" "unitedstatescongresssenatecommitteeonprivilegesandelections","66" "unitedstatesenergyresearchanddevelopmentadministration","63" "unitedstatescongresssenatecommitteeonpublicworks","62" "unitedstatescongresshousecommitteeonirrigationofaridlands","61" "unitedstatescongresssenatecommitteeonrules","61" "unitedstatescongresshousecommitteeonexpendituresinthepostofficedepartment","59" "unitedstatescongresshousecommitteeontransportationandinfrastructure","58" "unitedstatescongresssenatecommitteeonenvironmentandpublicworks","56" "unitedstatescongresshousecommitteeonexpendituresinthedepartmentofagriculture","53" "unitedstatescongresssenatecommitteeonimmigration","53" "unitedstatesdefenselogisticsagency","51" "unitedstatesbureauofstandards","51" "unitedstatescongresshousecommitteeonexpendituresinthetreasurydepartment","51" "unitedstatescongresssenatecommitteeonrulesandadministration","50"
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