[OSM-talk] Why newbies' comment/message response rate is so low?

[Michał Brzozowski]

On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 5:19 PM, Gerd Petermann
<GPetermann_muenchen at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I think that's quite okay presuming that many users don't speak english
I forgot to mention. My operations with respect to newcomers are
almost solely in Poland. So I write in Polish.

> and another group simply doesn't like to be watched / corrected
I thought this is what community is about? Reviewing others' work? ;-)
The things I write about are rather obvious mistakes, like: no main
POI tag (amenity, shop, ...), free text in opening_hours, geometry
errors and so on.

Recently I found out that simple "please fix" or "please respond" (if
edits need clarification) boosts chances for a reply or fixing by the
user. How about we make some tips/guidelines for communications with
newcomers on the Wiki? People could share practices they find most
effective.

Michał