[OSM-talk] New welcome page

[John Firebaugh]

Hi Martin,

On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 6:18 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Could we extend the basic terms on the new welcome page?
>

The new users I talk to tell me that the number one reason they were
hesitant to start contributing to OSM was that it presented itself as
complex, highly technical, and easy to mess up. If we want to attract a
wider and more diverse set of contributors, we need to make a better first
impression -- that's the motivation for the welcome page. Accordingly, it
is intentionally communicates only the absolute essentials, values familiar
concepts over strict technical precision, and delegates (or will delegate,
with this pull request<https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/456>)
the next step to other resources such as LearnOSM or the iD walkthrough. So
I'm going to resist suggestions of the form "could we extend the welcome
page with X" and "shouldn't we mention that Y" unless there's a strong
argument to be made that such additions are absolutely essential.

With regards to linking to the wiki, the pull request I linked above adds a
new jumping off page for help resources, including the wiki, and updates
the welcome page to link to that.

John
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