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volunteer

db.etree is run by volunteers. We're always happy to have new volunteers join the team.

There are two ways to volunteer, as a SetlistAdmin or as a SourceAdmin.

SetlistAdmins are responsible for keeping an artist's setlists up to date, correcting bad entries, removing duplicates and generally keeping the list of performances tidy. You can browse the show listings here, and pick any band, to see an example: http://db.etree.org/bs.php. A SetlistAdmin can take on any artist, trader friendly or not, since the artist's show listing just keeps track of what songs were played at each performance.

SourceAdmins do the same things as SetlistAdmins, and if the band is trader friendly, SourceAdmins are responsible for entering information about lossless SHN/FLAC filesets for trader friendly artists -- the "source" information that appears here: http://db.etree.org/shncirc.

Although the users of db.etree often submit setlists and SHN/FLAC info to db.etree, ShowAdmins and SourceAdmins must be proactive. They need to get out there, visit sites like archive.org, bt.etree.org and other fan-based music sites, and find new setlists and sources for the database. It's not a full time job, but it takes some commitment -- a little bit each week. Nothing is worse than an admin who does nothing.

Admins also need to be at least a little bit detail oriented. If you're the kind of person who doesn't care about all that info in the .txt file, then this isn't a job for you.

If you're interested in volunteering, please read the SetlistAdmin and SourceAdmin pages. If that doesn't scare you off, contact the admin team [by e-mail].

To see a list of orphan artists (shn entries that have been submitted by users but nobody has volunteered to admin them yet) that may need adoption, check the [Orphan Artists] page. Note: not all artists on that page may be taper friendly. Be sure to verify if a band it tradable before volunteering. Also, some already do have better, existing shn sections but users have submitted info under poor-choice artist names.