<div dir="ltr">I know some people will not like this, but using Facebook has been crucial in bringing several communities to life. I am very much pro opening up the discussions. I can set it up if there is no overwhelming opposition.<div><br></div><div>Susanna</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2016-04-08 22:03 GMT+03:00 Andy Townsend <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ajt1047@gmail.com" target="_blank">ajt1047@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 08/04/2016 18:12, Tommy Bruce wrote:<br>
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I would suggest the Reddit page if you guys are looking for a forum friendly page. Reddit is usually pretty good for organizing and a pretty good forum location.<br>
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<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenHistoricalMap/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenHistoricalMap/</a><br>
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Reddit? I thought all the cool kids were using Slack now* :)<br>
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Seriously, I don't think it's possible to do more than just suggest to people places where conversations might take place. As an OSM DWG member I often have to try and figure out where a certain community does most of its conversation, and they're pretty variable. Some use mailing lists (some on <a href="http://openstreetmap.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">openstreetmap.org</a>, some elsewhere) some use forums (again either <a href="http://forum.openstreetmap.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">forum.openstreetmap.org</a> or elsewhere), some use Facebook, some Google+ (!) and some I'm sure others.<br>
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"<a href="http://forum.osm.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://forum.osm.org</a>" and "<a href="http://help.osm.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://help.osm.org</a>" do have one advantage over the others in that they use existing OSM credentials. If Reddit works for people, they'll use it. If anyone wants to add an OHM section to the forum then perhaps ask at <a href="http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewforum.php?id=8" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewforum.php?id=8</a> ? Likewise I'm sure OHM questions asked at the help site and suitably tagged would be answered.<br>
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I wouldn't expect a huge amount of traffic though, since OHM doesn't yet get a huge number of edits (if I look at the "history" tab over England it goes back 4 months).<br>
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Cheers,<br>
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Andy<br>
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