[OSM-talk] Contacting new users

[Richard Fairhurst]

David Earl wrote:

> One thing I am considering putting into JOSM is a "message of the day"
> facility, so that we can let people who aren't on the mailing lists know
> that there are important changes.
>
> The same could be done in Potlatch.

Not a bad idea, as long as it's done sparingly - i.e. we only use it  
when there's something important to say - and with some discernment so  
that Potlatch users don't see JOSM-specific messages, and vice versa.

In addition, for a while I've been considering making Potlatch aware  
of a "wiki" tag. So if you tagged (say) the Swaffham Bulbeck place  
node with "wiki=Ely", Potlatch would pop up a little message saying  
"Click here to discuss mapping this area", hyperlinked to  
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Ely .

cheers
Richard