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Originally Posted by davidfor
I don't remember changing anything in the plugin related to the published date any time recently. And comparing the current code to the oldest version I have (1.1.9 from 2015). And that does not have any options for the publishing date. From the plugin's point of view, this is working as it always has.
It could be something has changed on GR that didn't break anything obviously in the plugin. To have a look at it, I need some examples that are not working for you and exactly what the problem is.
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I've been mistaken, it was on the general metadata prefs page as shown here
I'd assumed that with Goodreads carrying both dates that it was a control for Goodreads Metadata Source. My Error.
I found
thisin the changelog where that option has been removed from Goodreads in general. I'd previously always gotten the edition-specific date from Goodreads into the pubdate column and had used a separate column for the year of first publication of the work. I have to assume this change was the culprit.
For an example, when I'm looking up John Berger's Ways of Seeing via the ISBN '9780141035796' Goodreads Metadata Source pulls the date 1972, where the
corresponding Goodreads page lists the first published date as 1972 while this specific ISBN was published in 2008.
If the ability to prefer either the first published date or the edition-specific date could be added to the plugin I would be appreciative but as it hasn't came up once in the time since I also appreciate the limits on the time and energy of people who maintain these projects.