[OSM-talk] more engaging “about” page

[Alex Dawn]

I'd agree with that, it was quite a while before I registered an account. Then I did do GIS for work, but was thinking there's probably a big difference between loading a couple of shape files and being a "GIS professional" who makes and manages a world map. Turns out there's not, more nudges to make baby steps would be good.

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From: Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2020 4:06:52 PM
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Subject: [OSM-talk] more engaging “about” page

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<https://blog.openstreetmap.org/>, user diaries<https://www.openstreetmap.org/diary>, community blogs<https://blogs.openstreetmap.org/>, and the OSM Foundation<https://www.osmfoundation.org/> 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<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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