[OSM-talk-be] WikiProject Belgium

[Ivo De Broeck]

1. The "help newbie" is a link to the (translated) Beginners guide.
2. I have put the "potential sources" on a separate page.
3. A lot of municipals have a broke link, what do i do with that?



Op 30-jul-2010, om 17:49 heeft Ben Laenen het volgende geschreven:

> Ivo De Broeck wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I am a newbie at OSM. I saw the Wikiproject Belgium and the pages were IMHO
>> a little outdated (most 2008) and i found the necessary information at
>> Wikiproject Netherlands. That s the reason i put a line "help newbie" on
>> the Wikiproject Belgium, i hope it will be useful.
> 
> Well, the Wikiproject Belgium page is the start page for Belgian related 
> issues. While the newbie information is valuable, it's not really part of it. 
> The links to get help are very prominently put on the main page of the wiki 
> which would be the first thing a new user would see, and the link is in the 
> navigation box on the left as well.
> 
> 
>> It may be a good idea to translate the Wikiproject Belgium in dutch and
>> french (and german?). To do that, i suggest to in a first step put all
>> information separated pages (like "Potential sources") and put a link on
>> the Wikiproject Belgium - page.
> 
> Most things have already been split up. Only the potential sources should have 
> gone to its own page.
> 
> About translating: first make sure the English version is alright and not 
> likely to change a lot anymore. Keeping the translations up to date requires a 
> lot of work.
> 
> 
>> Then we can discuss which links are needed on the Wikiproject Belgium -page
>> and start to translate some pages. In my opinion a lot of pages can be
>> kept in english but some need translation.
>> 
>> I hope i can connivence a lot of new users by a remake of the Wikiproject
>> Belgium-page.
> 
> Personally I'd like to see something like http://openstreetmap.nl for Belgium. 
> That looks much more attractive than a wiki.
> 
> Greetings
> Ben

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