diff --git a/static/js/identifyDialog.js b/static/js/identifyDialog.js
index 99c5fee..da1299e 100644
--- a/static/js/identifyDialog.js
+++ b/static/js/identifyDialog.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ oml.ui.identifyDialog = function(data) {
 
     var ui = oml.user.ui,
 
+        arrayKeys = ['author', 'publisher', 'place', 'language'],
+
         $form = Ox.Element(),
 
         $findSelect = Ox.Select({
@@ -161,10 +163,19 @@ oml.ui.identifyDialog = function(data) {
                     oml.api.edit(Ox.extend({
                         id: data.id
                     }, Ox.filter(
-                        $list.value($list.options('selected')[0]),
+                        Ox.map(
+                            $list.value($list.options('selected')[0]),
+                            function(value, key) {
+                                return value || (
+                                    $updateSelect.value() == 'replace'
+                                    ? (Ox.contains(arrayKeys, key) ? [] : '')
+                                    : data[key]
+                                );
+                            }
+                        ),
                         function(value, key) {
                             return Ox.contains($list.options('keys'), key)
-                                && value != data[key]
+                                && !Ox.isEqual(value, data[key]);
                         }
                     )), function(result) {
                         Ox.Request.clearCache('find');