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

[AYTOUN RALPH]

Hi all,

I was very grateful when I was contacted and made aware of an issue that I
was unaware of as a beginner and it has helped me to improve my input.

I believe it is necessary to be able to give this kind of constructive
assistance to those who are giving their time and contributions to the
project. I do not believe it is necessary to be notified of every tile that
gets validated but definitely would want to know if my tile has been
invalidated so that I can go back and resolve any issues, especially if I
am informed of how to go about doing that.

Because of the nature of the work in HOT a lot of it is just repetitive
building work which can be quite monotonous and is not appealing to
everyone that gives it a go, so we have to be understanding about that and
accept that many will fall by the wayside. What would be helpful is for
some way of quickly identifying those who do come back repeatedly and
nurturing them. Approaching them to identify how to improve their input and
also expand their range of abilities to become more effective.

The instructions in the new Tasking Manager has become more helpful with
the addition of links to a specific imagery (some with acknowledgements).
Additional assistance for starters would be links to instructions on the
building tools and how to use them, a link to the tags (eg Africa Highways)
specific to that task to avoid tags such as 'huts' instead of 'buildings',
to explain the *house=construction *tag, etc. Explanations clarifying
things like a river crossing a road (Africa Highways) where the tag
*ford=yes* is offered as the default, as there are no culverts, helped to
reduce validation problems.

Do we have a section that covers commonly asked questions, a link to that
in the instructions section would help newcomers with difficulties as they
would most likely encounter similar problems as they develop their skills.

Just a few of my experiences and thoughts.

Ralph
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