**Master Thread** Personal Reading Journals - UPDATED

https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/**Master_Thread**_Personal_Reading_Journ...

Many thanks to everyone who has worked on this over the years, especially SylviaC, humouress and AHS-Wolfy.

If you are unsure of how to update/add your info here are the instructions:

The following are to be completed if you don't already have an entry...

Step 1: Follow the link at the top of this post.

Step 2: On the Contents list, click on the corresponding letter of the first letter in your username.

Step 3: On the right side of the page click edit that is on the same line as the single letter (may have to scroll up just a tiny bit to see it.

Step 4: Find where you fit alphabetically and just copy and paste the formatting of an existing title (changing it to your own name obviously).

Step 5: Open your own reading journal thread in a new tab and copy the link (excluding from the # mark at the end (if there is one).

Step 6: Return to the wiki and paste your thread link on the line under your name that you've previously added (see step 4) and also add a year denominator at the start of this line.

Step 7: click in the captcha box (near the bottom of the page where it asks you t confirm you're not a robot) and complete any captcha that is required.

If you think you've messed up badly at this stage then you can always press Cancel. Once you're sure everything is okay...

Step 8: Press Save Changes.

You're done!

If you already have an entry...

After step 1 click on your name from the contents list, press the edit on the same line as your name, then follow steps 5 through 8 above.

>1 GreenDragon: Big thank you to you, Clare, for being there for us and minding the pub.

>2 pgmcc: You're most welcome.

I just want to bump this up a few times so the previous thread dies a natural death.

Darn, I missed the piffle party.

>1 GreenDragon: You’re welcome.

Also:

*bump*

>3 GreenDragon:
Will it be in pain?

So, where do we keep dead threads ?

>6 suitable1:
At a loose end.

>5 suitable1: That would be a very grave matter.

*bump*

Just bumping this up as a reminder. For once I remembered on my own!

>10 YouKneeK: Smart!

didn't we used to have a joke a day thread? sorely in need of one

>12 cindydavid4: You might be thinking of this one: https://www.librarything.com/topic/325334#n7415545

ahh thank you.

Am I missing something, or did we all stop updating this in 2018?

>15 Karlstar: What are you looking at? You have to click on the link in the first post. I have been updating my own links, as have a bunch of people. I have told people if they don't know how to do it themselves they should ask for help. I can see yours was last updated in 2020.

>16 clamairy: At the time I posted that, the link in the first post was giving me a 504 error, consistently, so then I went to the old link at the top and tried to find a new page and failed. It works fine now. Must have just been a LT issue and I was being impatient.

Ok! Ok! I have updated mine. Thank you for the reminder.

>1 GreenDragon: I'm getting a Gateway Time Out error message for the link in the OP.

Yup, me too. Wiki not loading.

>19 fuzzi: >20 Bookmarque: Seems to be a site-wide issue with wikis. There is a bug report open.

ETA: https://www.librarything.com/topic/356222#n8330046

>21 humouress: thanks!

Looks like the wikis are working again.

Don't forget to update your info with your 2024 thread.

https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/**Master_Thread**_Personal_Reading_Journ...

>24 clamairy: Oh did they fix the wiki finally?

>25 gilroy: They did!

>24 clamairy: thanks, done.

Boy, looking through that list and seeing so many names from years ago...

>27 fuzzi: It's a bit depressing. We have a lot of wonderful new members, thankfully.

Just a reminder, quite a few of you have not updated your person thread links here:

https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/**Master_Thread**_Personal_Reading_Journ...

If you can't remember how to do it, or are unsure about it, you can just post a reply here (or send me a note) and I will take care of it for you.

Done and done.

>29 clamairy: I don't know how to do this (yet?), so some help would be appreciated :)

>29 clamairy: I've been particularly remiss in updating it this year as I haven't even started a thread of my own as yet).

>31 Alexandra_book_life: It's pretty easy and I'll try and step it out here for you (and anyone else who hasn't done this before).

The following are to be completed if you don't already have an entry...

Step 1: Follow the link in clam's post above (this one).

Step 2: On the Contents list, click on the corresponding letter of the first letter in your username.

Step 3: On the right side of the page click edit that is on the same line as the single letter (may have to scroll up just a tiny bit to see it.

Step 4: Find where you fit alphabetically and just copy and paste the formatting of an existing title (changing it to your own name obviously).

Step 5: Open your own reading journal thread in a new tab and copy the link (excluding from the # mark at the end (if there is one).

Step 6: Return to the wiki and paste your thread link on the line under your name that you've previously added (see step 4) and also add a year denominator at the start of this line.

Step 7: click in the captcha box (near the bottom of the page where it asks you t confirm you're not a robot) and complete any captcha that is required.

If you think you've messed up badly at this stage then you can always press Cancel. Once you're sure everything is okay...

Step 8: Press Save Changes.

You're done!

if you already have an entry on the wiki for preceding years then after step 1 click on your name from the contents list, press the edit on the same line as your name, then follow steps 5 through 8 above.

Hope this helps. Can send me a message at any time if you need to ask a question or require further help (though I usually only check back once or twice a day). Or post here and I'm sure others will be more than happy to help out too.

>32 AHS-Wolfy: Thank you very much! I'll try it and see what happens :)

>32 AHS-Wolfy: I think it worked! Thank you very much once again.

>32 AHS-Wolfy: I hope you don't feel like these threads are your responsibility. Most people can figure out how to to it, and many of them just forget.

>34 Alexandra_book_life: Yay!

>34 Alexandra_book_life: Glad you got there and you're very welcome.

>35 clamairy: Not at all. Always happy to help out and I know others have stepped into the breach too. Hopefully with the step-by-step guide more people will realise it's not such a daunting task after all. Maybe you could add it to the opening post of this thread too so it doesn't just get lost with ongoing posts.

>29 clamairy: so many familiar names missing...

>37 fuzzi: I know. It's depressing. Quite a few of them still post in the Green Dragon on Facebook, at least. But some, like aviddiva and -pilgrim-, are gone.

>36 AHS-Wolfy: Great idea! I'll try to remember to do it tomorrow.

Just a quick question: when I make a new thread (it's time to do that soon), do I put it in the wiki too?

>32 AHS-Wolfy: Thanks! I've added the instructions (without step 1) to the top of the wiki - though I'm not wearing my glasses, so I hope my editing makes sense :0)

ETA: I'm thinking about thinking about starting a thread for this year.

>41 humouress: Thinking about thinking is always a good start.

I've added mine! Thanks for the reminder, Wolfy!

>40 Alexandra_book_life: People just tend to put their 1st thread of the year as if you use the continue thread option to continue your own thread then it will automatically be linked there.

>38 clamairy: I knew about -pilgrim- but not aviddiva. Shucks.

>44 AHS-Wolfy: Ok, thanks! :)

I added mine, thanks for the reminder!

>47 Karlstar: You're welcome.

I realized people just forgot, and I was NOT trying to make anyone feel badly.

>32 AHS-Wolfy: thanks for the steps, I have added my journal link