Add information to series [Risolto]

Would it be possible to add additional information fields to series?

If I want to add information about a specific series of coins or banknotes, now the only option is to put in every separate page (which in not done according to the guidelines) of as a post in the forum (which kind of gets lost unless I again add the link to every separate page). When opening a certain series, a short text could appear at the top of the page to explain the background of the series.

Similar information could be added to countries, issuers, ruling authorities,   …  where we nog only have a wikidata link.

My guess is that it would be complex to manage efficiently across issuers. Two examples:

• one can have the same series name but existing for different issuers so different information ("Wildlife series", "Famous leaders series", etc.)
• one can have one single series shared across several issuers - probably less common than the above but happens for various countries contracting with private mints to issue commemorative coinage. 

We already have something similar for engravers and designers (a tooltip appears when you hover over the name) but centralized so easier to manage.

On the country/issuer side, it already exists. See example here at top with the text description. It is in place for a long time but not 100% complete.

A similar idea was discussed here: https://en.numista.com/forum/topic127412.html

Having a database of series (like we have a database of banks or engravers for example) would not only allow to record additional information about a series, but it would also simplify translations.

+1

Hi

In the series sets, links to other series pieces (References) should also be systemic a part of a series data.

https://en.numista.com/forum/topic70636.html

LP

mikimaus

In the series sets, links to other series pieces (References) should also be systemic a part of a series data.

+1

How is this going?🤔

I added to Numista the items of the exonumia series The history of Valladolid through its characters with the series description in the comment field of all items (see N#365124).
 

I saw that the record of a series needs:

• name in the three languages of Numista (en, fr, es),
• name in the original language,
• description in the three languages of Numista (with text style, images...),
• issuers/countries (this is need if you want filter series when a country is select; I think the best is that a series can have items from different issuers and types),
• issuing entity,
• years (gotten by searching the database what years have items of this series),
• technical data fields (can be added if they are common to all items of the series).
• links to pages of items of the series (gotten by searching the database what items have this series).

The concept of “series” is similar to “sets” (see https://en.numista.com/forum/topic108347.html).

Perhaps a series can be seen as a special type of set?

Hello,

This change has been implemented. We now have a structured database of series.

With this change,

• It's easier to translate series names.
• Discrepancies between the English catalogue and the French catalogue are not a risk anymore.
• It's easier to change the name of a series and have it cascaded to all the items of the series.
• Series can apply to one or multiple countries.
• It's possible to add a description for the series.

In terms of edition of the catalogue, 

• When creating or modifying an items of the catalogue, you can still select an existing series or type a new name, as before.
• When typing a new name, the series is created automatically and will be verified a posteriori by catalogue admins.
• You can request to add a description to the series or add more countries to the series via a request on the forum.
   

Note: We created the database of series based on existing series names and we started to manually clean up the database. It appears that some series were not migrated properly (see the bug report here). We are working on it.

Very good news! 🙃

Some months ago I added some series of exonumia objects, and I added the description (in English) in the comment fields of their pages. My descriptions includes images of the presentation of the series (box, booklet...).

For example N#366918

I assume in the translation of description can be added HTML code in order to added list items and other basic formats, but I assume, again, here will can not be inserted images (or yes? for example insert them in the English side, and copying the code with same local URL when we translate to other languages).

If we can not insert images in descriptions, did you add a field image in the serie? (similar to image of reference catalogues).

It's possible to insert images in the description.

Why not make them editable by the user/creator (with Admin validation) rather than having to request a change on the forum? 

Xavier

It's possible to insert images in the description.

🙃 OK, I will try adding the text in Spanish.

davidhs

Xavier

It's possible to insert images in the description.

🙃 OK, I will try adding the text in Spanish.

Please, review the series https://es.numista.com/catalogue/series.php?id=2469 (in Spanish) and the text inserted in the translation page. I copied the HTML code of A and IMG elements from the source code of N#368293).

I also added  a link to the issuing entity in Numista.

Is everything correct or is there something to change?

The icon of series request is missing (see brown icon).

Also, the link to series list is missing in the main page of the catalog: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php

The icon of series request is also missing from the requests topics (see my previous post).

Hello,

I added an icon for forum tickets related to series.

I feel that the current page with the full list of series is not really usable, so I prefer not linking on the catalogue main page.

Ok.

And about this…?

davidhs

Please, review the series https://es.numista.com/catalogue/series.php?id=2469 (in Spanish) and the text inserted in the translation page. I copied the HTML code of A and IMG elements from the source code of N#368293).

 

I also added  a link to the issuing entity in Numista.

 

Is everything correct or is there something to change?

If everything is correct I will add description in other series that I know.

It's fine to add formatting as you did.

It's nice also to see some non-modern series being created, such as the Florentine florin: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/series.php?id=8887

@Xavier will it be possible to also add an item to several series?

Or even put several series together in a super series (eg series within Latin monetary union)

BramVB

@Xavier will it be possible to also add an item to several series?

Suggested here https://en.numista.com/forum/topic153054.html

BramVB

Or even put several series together in a super series (eg series within Latin monetary union)

Suggested here: https://en.numista.com/forum/topic157243.html

What I think we need about series:

- Links to relating series

- Edit/translate button (to creating requst of modifying the series) on a series page

- Quick add button (input N# and series field will be assigned) on a series page

My original suggestions: https://en.numista.com/forum/topic156412.html

 Regular members will not be able to see that link. 

rsirian1

Why not make them editable by the user/creator (with Admin validation) rather than having to request a change on the forum? 

This should be implemented!

Sakrificed

What I think we need about series:

- Links to relating series

Suggested here: https://en.numista.com/forum/topic157243.html

ZacUK

 Regular members will not be able to see that link. 

I didn't think much when suggesting, probably it should be moved here.

Thanks.