[HOT] Validating & TM2 - a send message button?

[Claire Halleux]

+1 for the "Notify me of comments" checkbox suggestion.


On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 9:10 PM, Blake Girardot <bgirardot at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I just want to make sure I understand this:
>
> We are just talking about getting an email for squares that we personally
> have marked as "completed" when it gets validated or invalidated, not for
> every square that gets validated.
>
> Or, as an alternative:
>
> Every square that we have personally marked as completed AND that we have
> checked a box for that says something like: Notify me of comments on
> Validation/Invalidation.
>
>
> I was also further talking about being able to optionally "subscribe" to
> comments on any task square, by checking a box.
>
> Cheers,
> Blake
>
>
>
> On 8/29/2014 12:47 PM, Nick Allen wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was recently involved in teaching a large group of new mappers, and
>> close to the end of the session I repeated to them how to find the
>> squares they have mapped, click on them, and see the comments that the
>> validator had left. At the end of the session I was approached by
>> representatives of both the British Red Cross & Medecins Sans Frontier
>> who each commented that it seemed like a long process, and couldn't it
>> be automated so that a message is automatically sent to the mapper
>> concerned. At the time, I replied that the many hundreds of very good
>> mappers would not want a pestering email every time one of their
>> hundreds of squares was validated.
>>
>> However, on further reflection I am having second thoughts, but don't
>> know if;
>>
>> a/. there is something already in the pipeline, &
>> b/. what other HOTties have in the way of ideas about this.
>>
>> I should explain that I see validation as both a quality control
>> feature, and a training aid. Rather than invalidate, I will frequently
>> validate a square if it only involves work I can complete in a few
>> minutes, and I will leave a message in the square something like 'Click
>> on this link to see screenshots showing the before & after:
>> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8mtspy7pfu4o0ve/AADSV7Z-ZGG0kCWatPqUdnLYa?dl=0
>> I've joined the paths together & added the round huts that were present
>> - screenshot shows one of them & they are tagged building=hut.
>> etc......'   In this case it would obviously be good if there was an
>> option within the Tasking manager that allowed me to send this as a
>> message to the mapper concerned rather than leave it to chance as to
>> whether it is ever seen. If this feature was implemented I would suggest
>> that it was a tick box that the validator would have to select with the
>> text similar to 'Tick this box if you require your comments to be sent
>> as part of a message to the mapper concerned'.
>>
>> The ticking of the box & then confirming with the validate button would
>> cause a message (email or OSM messaging system) with a preformed text
>> such as
>> _________________________________________________________
>>
>> Title=HOT Validators feedback, square @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
>>
>> Hi & thanks for mapping for the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team,
>>
>> A validator has recently validated square @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ which you
>> marked as complete on @@date@@ & has asked that the following comments
>> are passed on to you;
>>
>> /Click on this link to see screenshots showing the before & after:
>> //https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8mtspy7pfu4o0ve/AADSV7Z-
>> ZGG0kCWatPqUdnLYa?dl=0//
>>
>> I've joined the paths together & added the round huts that were present
>> - screenshot shows one of them & they are tagged building=hut. etc....../
>>
>>
>> Please take these comments in the positive way they were intended. The
>> Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team would like to see you map many more
>> squares & the comments are only intended to keep the mapping standards
>> high.
>>
>> Keep up the good work, and thanks again for mapping for HOT.
>>
>> This is an automated message.
>> _________________________________________________________
>>
>> There was a genuine interest from members of BRC & MSF when asking me
>> about this, and there was an offer to help with the coding as well.
>> Personally something like this would save me a lot of time - I'm
>> currently trying to validate the work of about 60 new mappers and
>> anything which speeds up the process would really help.
>>
>> I'd welcome some discussion on this.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Nick
>>
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