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CWR writer question: A controlled writer has no IPI name number
What it means
A writer you control (an SWR record) has no IPI name number. Societies then have only the name to match on, and a name alone is easily matched to the wrong writer, or to nobody.
How to fix it
Add the writer's IPI name number if they have one. Their society, or your publishing administrator, can tell you what it is.
Find it in your file
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