[OSM-newbies] Proposal to close newbies@ list

[Fanie]

Hi Richard,

I have dabbled in map corrections only lightly, and I enjoyed the 
experience. I still consider myself a newby, though. OSM did help me to 
navigate from Poland to The Netherlands during a holiday, so I remain a fan.

I have been following this newsletter for some time, and it gave me some 
understanding of what is possible in OSM. I want to thank you for your 
dedication, and though I am slightly sad that the newsletter will be no 
more, I cannot really justify its existence. It did give me pleasure.

Greetings,

Fanie van der Walt
Pretoria, South Africa



On 11/01/2016 16:28, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Usage of the newbies at openstreetmap.org mailing list, set up in 2007 to 
> provide help to new users, has dwindled to almost nothing. There were 
> no posts in September, October, November, or December.
>
> Generally we now have better places to provide help to new users - 
> principally http://help.openstreetmap.org/ , but also national forums 
> and mailing lists. There is also more OSM documentation than was once 
> the case.
>
> So that new users don't seek help in a little-used backwater, but 
> instead go to a place where help is more likely to be found, I'm 
> proposing (as list admin) to close the list to subscriptions and to 
> posting. The list archives would be retained.
>
> If you have a compelling reason why the list should not be closed, 
> please speak up now. You'll need to volunteer to be the admin though. ;)
>
> cheers
> Richard
>
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