[Talk-us] Community Involvement

Emilie Laffray emilie.laffray at gmail.com
Thu Jul 22 10:43:04 BST 2010


On 22 July 2010 05:24, Sarah Manley <sarah.m.manley at gmail.com> wrote:

> I second Richard's request for better how-to's (although I think an open
> wiki format can work), and would add reviewing/improving communication. I
> have this list on digest, and find even that difficult to keep up with. I
> can't image not having it on digest, being a newbie, and understanding what
> was going on here. Maybe a forum (http://help.openstreetmap.org/, looks to
> be a start, but could use design help) or something similar would work
> better, or more defined, topic specific mailing list?
>
>

I agree with Richard on the need of better how-to's and I also agree on his
view that they should be locked. I think it would be a big mistake to leave
such tutorials opened to changes.
I don't think a crowdsource approach is going to work for such tutorials. To
get something that is consistent, it is better to get a small number of
writers and then get it reviewed by a larger number of people. Getting too
many people involved from the start would just not work in my view.
I am not sure we want another mailing list, or forum or anything. It is
death by mailing lists and committee. Getting someone to write up something
and then publishing it on a website which can accept comments or "patchs"
would be better in the end.

Emilie Laffray
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