mjp is a bit behind the schedule concerning including into the database.
Well, I was "only" 500 or so manuscripts behind until @
Dora dropped over 2,000 new images on me. So I think you can throw the schedule (which is a nice euphemism for
absolutely no schedule) out the window.
Having said that, yes, of course everyone is always encouraged to post their manuscripts here. Check the manuscripts page first though. We may already have whatever you're considering posting.
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The problem with the database is every entry in there requires a manual entry into multiple tables. A really smart guy would build some kind of tool to make the job easier, but life is sometimes too short to be smart. If a manuscript is being added it's worse, since the images have to be
normalized so they more or less fit in with what's already there (combined, cropped, adjusted, etc.), and they also have to be added to the manuscripts pages (there are
three of them) as well as the database, so that increases the time it takes to make a single entry.
Look at it this way, when I sit down and concentrate strictly on adding manuscripts to the database/site I can do about 5 an hour (and I can't actually
sit down to do it, since I work at a standing desk). So to completely finish with everything here in the backlog is going to take roughly 300 hours.
As it is right now I put zero hours into it every week, so I leave you to do the math to figure out how long it will be before the backlog is clear. ;)
There's a reason that institutions pay people to do this shit. It's tedious and miserable work, so no one in their right mind would do it for free. I guess that's where I come in.
(I see that I complained about all of this on the previous page of this thread, so just count this as bonus complaining.)
