[openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website] Reorganize the navigation bar? (Issue #6605)

[Andy Allan]

gravitystorm left a comment (openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website#6605)

> * which concrete use cases do we consider important

When reviewing #6600 I realised that there's some major use-cases that are not very well catered to in the pages linked to from the menu. The most obvious one being any explanation as to why we would like a visitor to sign up for an account, and the lack of any CTA to encourage them to do so.

The "about" page explains what the project is about, but is dominated by almost more than 50% of the paragraphs being about legal issues - mostly repeating what's available on the copyright page, at that. There's nothing there that explain how or why to sign up.

The copyright page actually has a link to the signup page, but with no explanation as to why you would do so (and it's not clear to me why this features so prominently on the copyright page either - presumably aimed at people clicking attribution links on external maps). 

There's no page that guides people towards becoming an OSMF member, or donating to OSMF, although those I think are more likely to be useful to existing registered users.

The information about how to contribute a note is two steps away (Help -> Welcome to OpenStreetMap -> bottom of page).

So in summary, I think we should have a list of ways in which people want to contribute, and make sure the UX is appropriate.

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