User:Tomodachi94/Fixing bad authority control identifiers

This page outlines various ways to fix duplicate or otherwise inaccurate external identifiers used for authority control.

This page is mostly for my own reference; however, feel free to add on to this, just ask me first on my talk page.

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By property

Note: This section is organized by the property number, not alphabetically.

VIAF ID (P214)

VIAF is operated by WorldCat; see § WorldCat.

Library of Congress authority ID (P244)

See § Library of Congress Preassigned Control Number Program.

WorldCat Identities ID (superseded) (P7859)

See § WorldCat if this identifier is assigned by WorldCat themselves. In some cases, WorldCat uses other identifiers like LCCN catalog numbers; you'll need to contact that operator instead.

WorldCat Entities ID (P10832)

See § WorldCat.

By operator

This section lists methods of contact for the operators of the databases listed above; the sections above mostly link to subheaders in this section.

Library of Congress Preassigned Control Number Program

LCCN catalog numbers are assigned by the "Preassigned Control Number Program"; use their contact form here.

WorldCat

WorldCat has a dedicated 'Bibchange' team for fixing bad records. They can be reached by email at bibchangeoclc dot org.