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<p>I don't disagree, as said they are kind of fun and tend to weld
the active mappers together, what I want to avoid is the short
circuit assuming that more mapping parties will lead to a
appreciable increase in the number of active mappers.</p>
<p>Simon<br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">Thanks Simon, I didn't know that study.</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">I agree that mapathons have little
direct effect, as we also discussed at my diary post about the
subject [1]. But in our case, it did help a lot in growing our
core community. I wouldn't know if it is measurable, but I
have the feeling it does help in getting more attention for
the project, which in the long run is necesary. And even if
recruitement is low, all else being equal, it will recruit
more women.</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">1: <a
href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/joost%20schouppe/diary/40854"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/joost%20schouppe/diary/40854</a></div>
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