Moderators and volunteers needed

[imperialcoins]

With just over 100 volunteers you would think that we had sufficient people to get the "job done".  But when you take a close look, there will literally be tens of thousands of issuers by the time all of the lists are uploaded to the site and potentially millions of coins.

We need three types of volunteers:

1.  Those that are specialists in a specific field and have the reference library.  Be it a specific Greek or Roman Provincial City, a Celtic region or tribe or an emperor or group of emperors to verify the data entered versus the photograph and physically verify the accuracy of reference citations.  (This can take anywhere from a couple of minutes to a half an hour for very rare coins which require checking several specialized reference works)

2.  Those that have some time to spare and can help process the data we have which has already been uploaded by ensuring that all of the fields are properly filled in, adding the legends and approving the coins.  (Takes anywhere from 2-5 minutes per coin.)

3.  Those that have some time to spare and can help by manually entering coins from websites which have given permission to use their images.  Some sites can easily be mined electronically via custom software programs and others can not.  In either case, developing these programs is expensive.  (Takes anywhere from 2-5 minutes per coin)

You dont need to commit to a lot of time.  Even if it is only a few minutes a week, it would be of tremendous help.  Having hundreds of people contributing a few minutes a week means that we can get to hundreds of coins a week.

If you feel you can help out please send me an email or reply to this message.

Thank you,

Alfred 

[mwilson603]

I became conscious that I haven't done any verification for a while, so feeling guilty I went on tonight to do some.  However, the "save changes" and "verify" is taking forever to go through.  Is there a database/server slowdown?  It is nearly taking longer for the save changes to happen, than for verifying the coin in the first place
regards
Mark

[imperialcoins]

I was notified via text message that they are working on the network of our data center.  This should be back to normal shortly!

Thanks,

Alfred

[David Fischer]

Alfred,

I would be interested in contributing to the project. My area of specialty is Severan Dynasty coinage. Not the most unique category I know, but perhaps I could be of some use. As a university student I also have easy access to just about every catalog of Roman coinage ever produced, and for some odd reason I seem to be the only one who ever checks these dusty old tomes out of the library! Send me a private message or email me at davidfischerco@comcast.net.

Cheers,

David

[Tony A]

I'm new to this and on medical leave (minor stroke), but would like to get involved in some way. (My doctor suggested I find a "quiet hobby" to lower my stress level and get my brain working - so here I am!) Plus, getting involved is the best way to learn. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help out.
Tony

[imperialcoins]

Hey Guys:

Email me at: alfred@coinproject.com, I will introduce you to one of the team leaders that can use help.

We can certainly use more help with practically everything.  We are making great strides with roughly 50 Roman Imperial issuers and several Provincial and Greek cities.

Best,

Alfred