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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Charlotte Wolter wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:6.2.3.4.2.20130116214423.0be601b0@mail.adelphia.net"
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Frankly, I'm amazed OSM has stuck around as
long as it has, considering how little it does to hang onto new
members.
But, this has to change, if OSM is to reach its potential.<br>
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I'm not sure what "it" is above - isn't it "us"?<br>
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cite="mid:6.2.3.4.2.20130116214423.0be601b0@mail.adelphia.net"
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<x-tab> </x-tab>What does
everyone else think?<x-tab> </x-tab><br>
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Personally, I think that any such messages need to be local, either
initially from a local organisation or from individual local
mappers, in either case being aware of local sensibilities.<br>
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In the UK, for example, we tend not to have things like "greeters"
in shops, and any introductory message here would have to avoid
being too "forward". I personally try and let mappers correct their
own mistakes and when I do send messages I try to make them personal
(from one human to another, not from a machine), customised (so that
it exactly describes the problem and how to fix it), local (I'd say
things like "when I was last at XYZ...") and apologetic ("the
documentation is wrong, it's really easy to miss XYZ").
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Cheers,<br>
Andy<br>
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