<div dir="auto">One of the biggest problems is the sample. Ideally you need to decide on your target audience. Is it anyone who has ever signed up or anyone who has mapped more than five times in the last two years? Or even anyone who has an interest? That could be consumers of the data.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I'd suggest a random sample, extract a list of users who meet the criteria. Then look at the sample size. There are mathematical rules about how large a sample size should be.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">You have their email addreses, check the privacy laws but I think you should be able to contact them directly.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Ballot stuffing, send the link with number in it so it can only be used once.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Respondent burden, if you sample 10% twice a year that should give you enough information and mean you don't bug people very often.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Talk to people who run surveys.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Cheerio John<br><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 09:30 Imre Samu <<a href="mailto:pella.samu@gmail.com">pella.samu@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">> which is now being translated into multiple languages, <br>> and which we hope will be ready for release in several languages on or about January 15<sup>th</sup>.<br><br>Is it possible to add a "Simple/Basic English" [1] translation as an experiment ?<div><br></div><div>So expecting:<br>- basic english words ( <=1000 basic words) <br>- basic grammar , no short forms ( so 'you're' --> 'you are' ) </div><div>- basic OSM knowledge ( no special words like: SotM )<br></div><div> - "State of the Map conference" --> "OpenStreetMap conference"</div><div><br></div><div>probably too late for this survey ... maybe in the future.</div><div><br></div>IMHO: We need to invent a <b>polite MapSpeak </b>language<b> </b>( ~ OpenStreetMap Community Mappers Communication Phrases )<div> ( ~ "designed to facilitate <b>non-violent communication </b>between mappers" ) <span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">like a Seaspeak [2]</span><div><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"> </span><div>thanks</div><div> Imre</div><div> ( native hungarian, from a country with ~20% total English speakers[3] )</div><div><br></div><div><div>[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_English" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_English</a></div><div></div></div><div>[2] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaspeak" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaspeak</a></div><div>[3] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_English-speaking_population" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_English-speaking_population</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Allan Mustard <<a href="mailto:allan.mustard@osmfoundation.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">allan.mustard@osmfoundation.org</a>> ezt írta (időpont: 2021. jan. 10., V, 2:47):<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal">Fellow mappers and OSM community members,</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The OpenStreetMap Foundation Board of Directors has prepared a survey, which is now being translated into multiple languages, and which we hope will be ready for release in several languages on or about January 15<sup>th</sup>. Please be on the lookout for announcement of it, and please alert your colleagues through other communications channels (social media, talk channels, whatever) that it is coming and to be on the lookout for it. Please feel free to amplify this message in other languages and through other comms channels. We want maximum participation in the survey! We want to know what you are thinking! Please participate in the survey when it comes out, and please alert others so they participate, too! </p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">While I have your attention, Happy New Year—let’s hope we can soon put COVID-19 behind us, all get vaccinated, and look forward to a mappier 2021!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,</p><div style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext;padding:0in 0in 1pt"><p class="MsoNormal">apm<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9pt">Allan Mustard<u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9pt">Chairperson, Board of Directors<u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9pt">OpenStreetMap Foundation<u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9pt"><a href="http://www.osmfoundation.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://www.osmfoundation.org</a><u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9pt"><a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://www.openstreetmap.org</a><u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div>
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