[OSM-talk] Réf.: Re: RFC - OSM contributor mark

[THEVENON Julien]

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Le mer. 16 janv. 2013 20:58 HNEC, Kai Krueger a écrit :

>Hi,
>
>may I throw a related, but slightly different concept, out there for
>discussion?
>
>I think some of the confusion between "contributor mark" and "attribution
>mark" is that they may be entirely different things. From the design I have
>seen so far it seems indeed more like a "contributor mark" than an
>"attribution mark", but you are planning on using it as an "attribution
>mark"
>
>I'll give an example to try and clarify what I mean by "contributor mark" as
>opposed to "attribution mark":
>
>Wikipedia have OpenStreetMap integration into articles. I.e. if you open a
>geocoded wikipedia article you can click in the top right corner on either
>the globe symbol in e.g. the English Wikipedia or the textual link "Map" in
>e.g. the German Wikipedia which opens an inline map into the article showing
>the place based on an OSM map.
>
>There were considerations on adding an "edit" link to the map, as it would
>a) be fitting to Wikipedia and b) help OSM gain new contributors as it can
>capitalize on the huge user base of Wikipedia.
>
>However, one concern with adding an edit link was to explain to the
>Wikipedia user why after clicking on the edit link they suddenly landed on
>this "odd" page called OpenStreetMap which wants a new user name and
>password from you. How does this relate to Wikipedia where they actually
>wanted to be? What is the concept behind OpenStreetMap? How and what can I
>edit?
>
>So the idea was to redirect first time map editors (not logged into OSM and
>don't have an OSM cookie) via an explanatory contributor page before sending
>them to the editor page.
>
>To Wikipedia users the concept of users editing the content is already
>familiar, but on many other third party sites that use OSM maps, the
>relation between the page they came from and OSM is likely even less clear
>to users.
>
>Therefor having people redirect through a explanatory page would be even
>more helpful. I think the contributor page as presented here could be a
>really nice basis for such a page.
>
>So instead of replacing attribution, the contributor mark is an additional
>component acting as a well recognizable "edit this map" button with the
>underlying explanatory page for new contributors.
>
>OSM could then encourage everyone who uses OSM maps to add this contributor
>mark / button to really try and capitalize the growing share of OSM users
>into new mappers by providing a more user friendly integration. To Website
>providers this would also be a benefit, as with including a few lines of
>simple html / javascript, they can help improve the maps they are using and
>identify them selves as real supporters to the OSM movement.
>
>In that case imho the size and design of the current proposed "contributor
>mark" is much more appropriate than as an "attribution mark"
>
>Thoughts?
>
+1
Very interesting idea

Julien