[OSM-talk] more engaging “about” page

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

Looking at

https://www.openstreetmap.org/about

I thought it was not very engaging and we might want to make some small adjustments to make it more inviting for people to contribute.

Specifically the paragraph:
> Community Driven
> OpenStreetMap's community is diverse, passionate, and growing every day. Our contributors include enthusiast mappers, GIS professionals, engineers running the OSM servers, humanitarians mapping disaster-affected areas, and many more. To learn more about the community, see the OpenStreetMap Blog, user diaries, community blogs, and the OSM Foundation website.
> 

it points to the official blog, user diaries, community blogs and the osmf website.

My suggestion would be to

1. add “people like you, e.g. ” before “enthusiast mappers, GIS professionals, ...”  and to

2. add “how to contribute” as link to “ https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/How_to_contribute” right after “see” and before “the OpenStreetMap blog, user diaries.....”

What do you think?

Cheers Martin 

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