[Osmf-talk] Forum sections without moderators assigned

Fri Mar 23 19:27:06 UTC 2018

Hello Michael,

I'm a OpenStreeMap Belgium board member but I'm also a (remote) member of
Open Labs, a hackerspace in Tirana, Albania.

Most of the active members of OpenStreetMap Albania are members of that
hackerspace and we have our own forum.
Before closing the Albanian section of the forum, I raised the "issue" on
our forum. It's in English, you can follow the discussion here (
https://forum.openlabs.cc/t/openstreetmap-official-forum/1071) but to make
it short, I proposed to migrate every topic related to OSM Albania from
Open Labs forum to the Albanian section of OSM forum.

Thanks a lot !
Wish you all a pleasant evening.

Jonathan Beliën

2018-03-18 12:35 GMT+01:00 Michael Reichert <nakaner at gmx.net>:

> Hi,
>
> the board talked about checking that all mailing lists have a moderator
> during their last meeting. I think that not only mailing lists are
> important. We should also have an eye on the forum operated by the OSMF.
> There are many sections on the forum but only some have moderators
> assigned. Does that mean that complains about postings in other channels
> end up in the mailbox of the administrators who might be unable to
> handle them because they don't know the language or culture?
>
> *Sections without moderators*
> Android (158 threads, 669 postings) – a few postings per month
> Crisis mapping (30 threads, 63 postings) – about a dozen postings per
> year, most by user henke54
> Indoor mapping (29 threads, 134 postings) – a few postings per year
> Magellan maps (6 threads, 25 postings) – no posting in 2018
> OSMF (17 threads, 36 postings) – a few postings per year
> Wiki team (65 threads, 259 postings) – active until 2016, few postings
> postings in 2017 and this year
> General chat (243 threads, 795 postings) – a few postings per year
> Feedback (195 threads, 884 postings) – forum about the forum
> users: Albania (6 threads, 9 postings) – only used from November 2016 to
> February 2017
> users: Algeria (37 threads, 149 postings) – similar to "Wiki team"
> users: Argentina (656 threads, 7633 postings) – active
> users: Australia (81 threads, 257 postings) – similar to "Wiki team"
> users: Austria (355 threads, 1490 postings) – mainly the personal blog
> of one user, now becoming a bit more diverse
> users: Bangladesh (1 thread, 2 postings) – only used in March 2018
> users: Belarus (159 threads, 294 postings) – active
> users: Bosnia and Herzegovina (17 threads, 112 postings) – a few
> postings per year
> users: Bulgaria (68 threads, 525 postings) – a few dozen postings per year
> users: Cambodia (7 threads, 15 postings) – last posting five years ago
> users: Canada (31 threads, 80 postings) – last posting in September,
> similar to "Wiki team"
> users: Colombia (4 threads, 6 postings) – active from December 2016 to
> November 2017
> users: Croatia (72 threads, 238 postings) – many threads started by
> hbogner, a few postings per year
> users: Cuba (8 threads, 19 postings) – zero to five postings per year
> users: China (11 threads, 27 postings) – less than a dozen postings per
> year, almost all in English
> users: Czech (84 threads, 255 postings) – up to a dozen postings per year
> users: Denmark (16 threads, 46 postings) – up to a dozen postings per year
> users: East Africa (4 threads, 5 postings) – two to three postings per year
> users: Estonia (18 threads, 55 postings) – zero to six postings per year
> users: Ecuador (4 threads, 5 postings) – active in 2016 and 2017
> users: Finland (399 threads, 3011 postings) – active
> users: France (314 threads, 1082 postings) – less than a dozen postings
> per year, many threads don't get any reply
> users: Greece (116 threads, 801 postings) – active
> users: Hungary (21 threads, 55 postings) – less than half a dozen
> postings per year, many threads don't get any reply
> users: Iceland (3 threads, 7 postings) – less than half a dozen postings
> per year
> users: Indonesia (5 threads, 27 postings) – usually 0 to 20 postings per
> year
> users: Ireland (30 threads, 67 postings) – less than a dozen postings
> per year, most postings don't get answered at all
> users: Italy (115 threads, 344 postings) – some activitiy
> users: Japan (17 threads, 42 postings) – less than a dozen postings per
> year
> users: Kosovo (no postings yet)
> users: Latvia (11 threads, 22 postings) – inactive since 2014, except
> two postings in 2017
> users: Lithuania (2 threads, 5 postings) – less than five postings per yer
> users: Macedonia (26 threads, 124 postings) – about a dozen postings per
> year
> users: Malaysia (90 threads, 575 postings) – active
> users: Montenegro (6 threads, 11 postings) – usually no postings
> users: Nepal (60 threads, 228 postings) – active, English
> users: Norway (30 threads, 149 postings) – about a dozen postings per year
> users: Panama (5 threads, 13 postings) – last posting in 2015
> users: Pakistan (3 threads, 9 postings) – last posting in 2016
> users: Paraguay (1 thread, 2 postings) – all postings in 2018
> users: Portugal (6 threads, 13 postings) – less than six postings per year
> users: Romania (13 threads, 20 postings) – less than six postings per
> year, almost all threads without replies
> users: Slovenia (42 threads, 207 postings) – active with regard
> users: South Africa (2 threads, 2 postings) – last posting in 2014
> users: South Korea (2 threads, 4 postings) – opened in 2017, two
> postings per year
> users: Spain (65 threads, 154 postings) – about one to two dozen threads
> per year, many without replies
> users: Sri Lanka (4 threads, 6 postings) – 5 postings in 2013, 1 posting
> in 2017
> users: Sweden (144 threads, 601 postings) – some kind of active but many
> threads don't receive any replies
> users: Switzerland (376 threads, 954 postings) – 25 postings by users in
> 2017 and one automated notification about a new Wochennotiz per week
> users: Thailand (232 threads, 1894 postings) – active
> users: Turkey (4 threads, 4 postings) – usually 0 to 1 postings per year
> users: United Kingdom (138 threads, 522 postings) – about 10 to 20
> threads per year
> users: United States (145 threads, 389 postings) – some kind of active
> but many threads only receive one or two replies
> users: Uruguay (15 threads, 74 postings) – some activity in 2015, mostly
> quite since then
> users: Venezuela (14 threads, 30 postings) – less than a dozen postings
> per year, no real activity in 2017
>
> *Sections having moderators assigned – ordered by number of postings*
> users: Germany (17715 threads, 246106 postings)
> users: Russia (3173 threads, 245099 postings)
> users: Poland (1904 threads, 45539 postings)
> users: Netherlands (2728 threads, 39782 postings)
> Questions and Answers (4622 threads, 19831 postings)
> users: Ukraine (546 threads, 15201 postings)
> Garmin maps (728 threads, 7617 postings)
> Development (966 threads, 4008 postings)
> users: Brazil (364 threads, 3458 postings)
> users: Israel (442 threads, 3385 postings)
> Editors (493 threads, 1942 postings)
> OpenStreetMap 3D (171 threads, 1804 postings)
> users: Serbia (97 threads, 1334 postings)
> users: Belgium (119 threads, 620 postings)
> users: India (82 threads, 414 postings)
> Meetings and Events (59 threads, 112 postings)
>
>
> Most of these sections have been created by Lambertus before he handed
> over the forum to the foundation. I think that it is time for some
> clean-up.
>
> Every section of the forum should have an active moderator. The
> moderator of a regional section of the forum must be a native speaker of
> the language of that section to be able to properly judge the meaning
> and tone of the message.
>
> In addition, I think it might be a good idea to close all sections which
> have a very low posting activity or which have a lot of postings which
> do not receive any replies. If new users find the forum, post their
> question in one of theses section and never receive any reply, they will
> only be disappointed and think that there are no other mappers in the
> region, when in fact these other mappers might simply be talking
> elsewhere. That's why I propose to close the following "dead end" sections:
>
> Crisis mapping
> Magellan maps
> OSMF
> users: Albania
> users: Cambodia
> users: East Africa
> users: Kosovo
> users: Panama
> users: Pakistan
> users: South Africa
> users: Sri Lanka
> users: Turkey
> users: Venezuela
>
> The following sections might also be closed but the local community
> should be asked beforehand:
>
> users: Canada – mailing list exists and is active exists
> users: Colombia – mailing list with some activity, many WeeklyOSM
> notifications
> users: Cuba – note: mailing list is dead, too
> users: Czech – very active mailing list exists
> users: France – very active mailing list exists
> users: Ireland – active mailing list exists
> users: Japan – active mailing list exists
> users: Portugal – active mailing list exists
> users: Romania – mailing list as active as the forum
> users: Spain – very active mailing list exists
> users: Sweden – active mailing list exists
> users: Switzerland – active mailing list exists
> users: United States – active mailing list exists
> users: Uruguay – mailing list as active as the forum
>
> After the closure of the sections mentioned above, following sections
> without a moderator remain (language in braces):
>
> Android (English)
> Indoor mapping (English)
> Wiki team (English)
> General chat (English)
> Feedback (English)
> users: Algeria (French)
> users: Argentina (Spanish)
> users: Australia (English)
> users: Austria (German)
> users: Bangladesh (English)
> users: Belarus
> users: Bosnia and Herzegovina
> users: Bulgaria (Bulgarian)
> users: Croatia
> users: China (English)
> users: Denmark (Danish)
> users: Estonia
> users: Ecuador (Spanish)
> users: Finland
> users: Greece (Greek)
> users: Hungary
> users: Iceland
> users: Indonesia
> users: Italy (Italian)
> users: Latvia
> users: Lithuania
> users: Macedonia
> users: Malaysia (English)
> users: Montenegro
> users: Nepal (English)
> users: Norway
> users: Paraguay (Spanish)
> users: Slovenia
> users: South Korea (English)
> users: Thailand (English)
> users: United Kingdom (English)
>
> Best regards
>
> Michael
>
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