[OSM-talk] what to do cues

[Svavar Kjarrval]

What I've found easiest is to encourage people to check on areas they
know well, like where they currently live. Armed with that and maybe
some imagery, they might have some basis to make edits. They will be
fairly careful since it's an area they care about.

- Svavar Kjarrval

On 01/01/13 18:26, Jeff Meyer wrote:
> Russ - 
>
> I agree that rules can be tricky. Would it be possible, to play around
> with the code you've written, to see what results it generates?
>
> The issue I'm trying to address is this: people who sign up for OSM &
> then make 0 edits. Why? Is it because they cannot find the editor? Is
> it because they don't know what to edit?
>
> I'm trying to hit the latter question, which is where I think I'm
> trying to do something different from what Robin & Serge discuss -
> there *are* people who don't know what OSM offers them that interests
> them. They haven't decided to go out for a walk yet, they haven't
> decided they're going to test the waters. OSM can be intimidating. How
> do we make it less so? 
>
> - Jeff
>
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