[OSM-talk] Automatically generated changeset discussion comments by OSMCha

[Clifford Snow]

On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 9:59 AM, Stefan Keller <sfkeller at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would even go further by refering to policies about automated reply
> mails and/or chat bots. I can't find an authoritative source but I
> think there's at least a netiquette saying that communications to
> humans generated from machines should start by declaring it's a
> message from a machine.
>
> In this case my reaction also was that "I reviewed..." is misleading.
> I would propose s'thing like the following:
> ...
> Hello!
> This is a comment generated by #OSMCha:
> #REVIEWED_GOOD
> Thank you for your contributions to OpenStreetMap.
>

Another option would be to allow each of us to create our own "canned"
response.

A quick count shows something like 300,000+ edits by new mappers in 2017.
That would also include import accounts created in 2017 which inflates the
number. But it's still a large number. Ideally we would review more edits
by new mappers to help them get up to speed and offer words of
encouragement. Having tools like OSMCha really help. I've started employing
OSMCha late last year and find it helpful, especially being able to see
what was deleted.

Stefan - Thank you for offering a suggestion on how OSMCha can be improved.

Best,
Clifford

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