I would probably suggest we benefit *most* from upskilling new users quickly.
Semi experienced mappers will know about JOSM, building tools, validation, etc; while a newbie... is more likely to accidentally cause situations like http://osmose.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/#zoom=16&lat=27.63624&lon=85.52097&layer=Mapnik&overlays=FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT&item=0&level=1%2C2&tags=&fixable== Obviously whoever's done this has a very legitimate desire to contribute, but hasn't realised they are overlapping with another user. I think there would also be stats to very heavily back this up. Check out for examplke http://osmstats.neis-one.org/?item=countries&country=Nepal - and put it on "Number of Active Contributors, by Year" The more easily we can transition a user from not being certain where to start onto to understanding basic quality checks (intermediate mapper), I think the better things will be for the wider group - less stress, better effort-to-useful-output ratio, etc. On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 10:27 PM, Rekth K <re...@insiberia.net> wrote: > Hi all, > > Thank you for all your welcoming messages! > > I'd like to ask a question on what type(s) of user(s) to take into > consideration when testing for usability and suggesting improvements. In > other words, for what level of experience am I supposed to optimise the > Tasking Manager? Should it be for first time visitors, those who land on > the hotosm page and do not know what HOT is? Or should the usability > testing lean towards fully experienced users and their needs? > > Rekth > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >
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