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I'd agree with that, it was quite a while before I registered an account. Then I did do GIS for work, but was thinking there's probably a big difference between loading a couple of shape files and being a "GIS professional" who makes and manages a world map.
Turns out there's not, more nudges to make baby steps would be good.<span id="ms-outlook-android-cursor"></span><br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 27, 2020 4:06:52 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> talk@openstreetmap.org <talk@openstreetmap.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [OSM-talk] more engaging “about” page</font>
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<div><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/about">https://www.openstreetmap.org/about</a></div>
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<div>I thought it was not very engaging and we might want to make some small adjustments to make it more inviting for people to contribute.</div>
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<div>Specifically the paragraph:</div>
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OpenStreetMap's community is diverse, passionate, and growing every day. Our contributors include enthusiast mappers, GIS professionals, engineers running the OSM servers, humanitarians mapping disaster-affected areas, and many more. To learn more about the
community, see the <a href="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/" style="box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(34,68,221); text-decoration:none; outline:0px">OpenStreetMap Blog</a>, <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/diary" style="box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(34,68,221); text-decoration:none; outline:0px">user
diaries</a>, <a href="https://blogs.openstreetmap.org/" style="box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(34,68,221); text-decoration:none; outline:0px">community blogs</a>, and the <a href="https://www.osmfoundation.org/" style="box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(34,68,221); text-decoration:none; outline:0px">OSM
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it points to the official blog, user diaries, community blogs and the osmf website.</div>
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<div>My suggestion would be to</div>
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<div>1. add “people like you, e.g. ” before “enthusiast mappers, GIS professionals, ...” and to</div>
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<div>2. add “how to contribute” as link to “<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/How_to_contribute"> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/How_to_contribute</a>” right after “see” and before “the OpenStreetMap blog, user diaries.....”</div>
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<div>What do you think?</div>
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<div>Cheers Martin <br>
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