[OSM-talk] Potlatch still used in many beginner documents - can you help fix it?

Mateusz Konieczny matkoniecz at tutanota.com
Tue Feb 2 12:14:58 UTC 2021




Jan 30, 2021, 16:14 by frederik at remote.org:

> Hi,
>
> the demise of Potlatch, or at least its the browser-based incarnation,
> painfully demonstrates how out-of-date much of our beginner-level
> documentation on the Wiki is. The "Beginner's Guide" has been
> enthusiastically translated into 45 languages
> (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Beginners%27_guide), and most these
> versions have probably been bit-rotting away from the day of their
> inception, but now they actually document something that does not work
> any more, which is more noticeable than documenting something that is
> "maybe a little out of touch".
>
I removed some Potlatch 2 references
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Pick_your_mapping_technique&diff=prev&oldid=2103789 (that were anyway in "todo" form)

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Beginners%27_guide&diff=prev&oldid=2103770

is anything else still mentioning Potlatch 2 in the English version?

> I have a hunch that the whole "Beginner's Guide" idea needs a thorough
> overhaul (I don't see mobile editing mentioned in many versions for
> example, and it seems that some language versions still advise that
> collecting GPX data is the first step before you can do anything), but
> that's likely a major undertaking.
>
I think that one of big problems is that it is quite overloaded.

I removed some content that seems to be not really fitting
*Begginer's* guide.

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Beginners_Guide_1.3&type=revision&diff=2103782&oldid=2055710

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Join_the_community&diff=prev&oldid=2103774

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Beginners_Guide_1.4.2&diff=prev&oldid=2103792



>  -- 
>
I plan to add StreetComplete mention at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Beginners%27_guide
in "In a hurry?" section.

Please protest if you are against doing that (yes, I am biased here so if anyone will
protest I will not do this).
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