[Talk-us] Cam4rd98 just doesn't get it

[Bryce Nesbitt]

On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 12:29 AM, James Mast <rickmastfan67 at hotmail.com>wrote:

> I'll let his comments here[1] on a note page speak....
>

Again, all I see is a well meaning user who very clearly is not yet
absorbed OSM culture.
There is no belligerence, just a bit of confusion.

The tools could help:
1) After the first edit from a new user, the tools could present a list of
rules (chief among them don't copy from unapproved sources!).
2) A new users could be required to take a small quiz, like certain dating
sites do, prior to finalizing the edit.
3) Your first edit could go in a queue for an experienced mapper to look at
and comment on.
4) Editing part of a route relation could bring up education on route
relations.
5) New users could be given 10 free edits, prior to needing to provide more
contact information and/or pass an editing quiz.
6) New users could be given their choice of a mapping challenge, where the
"correct" results are known.
7) etc.

With all this effort to get new mappers in the USA we should be thrilled a
mapper wants to contribute...
... and put in the work to ensure such new users be onboarded
and brought into OSM culture.

Note that:
Wikipedia has a strong reasons to allow completely anonymous edits. OSM I
think not so much.  We could ask
more of people who want to edit, with the goal of making more good mappers,
rather than just more mappers.
We should honor an support mappers who have narrow interests (e.g. single
feature types, certain types of corrections, certain
events) as well as those who want to map regionally.

If this particular user wants to map planned and under-construction
features (and clearly he or she does), there's a way to bring that energy
into OSM and make it productive.
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