[OSM-newbies] Proposal to close newbies@ list

[Phil Monger]

With respect, the notion that there's a group of people who can contribute to osm edits but can't click a url is a little far fetched. 
It's not 1999 anymore, the overwhelming majority of people using email are doing so from a Web interface anyway, and most newbies are doing edits in their browser. 

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> On 12 Jan 2016, at 12:01, Dorine Flies <dorine.flies at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I think there exists a presumption that "everyone" has access to the sites and portals mention, this presumption is not wholly accurate and additionally the ability to read and navigate online is a challenge still for many, where a direct question here would help to keep them engaged, rather than disengage for want of a simple way to find an answer.
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> I was particularly struck when I attended the London meetup at just how diverse the group was in age range, one lady while competent once taught, step by step the how to, I would argue would have found the web content a challenge, as with web content the presumption is that you know what you are looking for in the first place. 
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> From my perspective what I see as the issue of being "underwhelm" here is more a case that no one is signposting newbies to the list at a localised level rather than that there is no need for it.
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>> On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 11:30 AM, Dave F. <davefox at madasafish.com> wrote:
>>> On 12/01/2016 08:26, Xan wrote:
>>> The only reason about maintaining that is because, in my opinion, the help.openstreetmap.org answers are shorter than here in the mailing list. Here the newbies have very deep explanation of things and in help.OSM just a short message.
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>> Those that help here will more than likely transfer to the other sites & where they will give their long answers.
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>>> But close if you are overwheelmed.
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>> I believe being 'underwhelmed' is the reason for the proposal.
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>> Dave F.
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