Re: [OSM-talk] more engaging “about” page

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

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> On 27. Jul 2020, at 22:20, Michal Migurski  wrote:
> 
> I turned this into a PR, 


thank you!

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Re: [OSM-talk] more engaging “about” page

[Michal Migurski]

I turned this into a PR, 

https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/2735

This change covers just the two English locales.

-mike.


michal migurski- contact info and pgp key:
sf/cahttp://mike.teczno.com/contact.html

> On Jul 27, 2020, at 9:59 AM, Alex Dawn  wrote:
> 
> 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 
> Sent: Monday, July 27, 2020 4:06:52 PM
> To: talk@openstreetmap.org 
> 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 
>> , 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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Re: [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.

Get Outlook for Android


From: Martin Koppenhoefer 
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2020 4:06:52 PM
To: talk@openstreetmap.org 
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, 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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