[Tagging] Long Tail ( was Removal of "amenity" from OSM tagging)

pmailkeey . pmailkeey at googlemail.com
Mon May 18 18:02:17 UTC 2015


On 18 May 2015 at 18:24, Clifford Snow <clifford at snowandsnow.us> wrote:

>
> On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 9:13 AM, Janko Mihelić <janjko at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> This talk by Richard Fairhurst suggests that 5% of mappers do 95% of
>> work. So it's more important to find those few dedicated mappers and make
>> their life easier, than to cater to the 95%.
>
>
> I find the proposition that we find ways to engage the 95% more
> compelling. The 5% have already figured out the system. In the last
> week,11-May to 17-May, OSM increased the number of users [1] by 10,700.
> Think of the results if each of those new users were to add just one edit a
> week. You might ask, so what is keeping people from editing? We could
> speculate, but without asking I don't think we will ever know. So why not
> ask? The problems is right now we have no easy way to contact new users to
> ask them. We have a mindset that OSM should not "spam" the users. I think
> it is time to change that mindset. I propose that we allow for limited
> contact with new users. Offer an optional new users survey when they join,
> and send followups at 1 week and 1 month to remind them to make a
> contribution. Of course we should offer an opt out after the first email.
>
> Clifford
>

I disagree with this approach as it's targeted. Can we moderately safely
assume new users edit with iD ? Can we not use that interface to offer a
'feedback' link available to all ? Even if it simply points to a dedicated
wiki page for different feedback options connected with iD, the rendered
map and even the wiki content etc.


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