<p dir="ltr">Of course, which is why it's so important to capture those users and respectfully guide them. Making the procedures more discoverable would also work to the community's benefit (not least of which is decreasing the ire generated by incomplete import announcements), but that's another discussion for another thread.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I think we can all get on board with treating each other with respect and understanding - these are the building blocks of a welcoming community. This is often the first point of contact between someone who has a great dataset and the community, and that first impression is valuable.</p>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sun, May 14, 2017, 12:06 PM Frederik Ramm <<a href="mailto:frederik@remote.org">frederik@remote.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
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On 05/12/2017 08:08 PM, Nick Bolten wrote:<br>
> It is not particularly obvious that imports need to follow the wiki<br>
> guide and then use a (frankly outmoded) mailing list, not to mention<br>
> always-changing, community-derived tagging standards,<br>
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... then again the last thing we need is *new users* making imports<br>
without at least enlisting the help of people who have some experience.<br>
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Bye<br>
Frederik<br>
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