Re: [Diversity-talk] Idea: Quarterly Projects for a traditionally underrepresented topic(s)/groups?

2018-04-17 Thread Paul Norman
On 3/26/2018 1:24 PM, Rory McCann wrote: Any ideas for topics? Some ideas - Regional languages. Is there a regional language you speak? Make sure that you're adding it to the map when objects have a name in that language. Unfortunately, this isn't great for a global project because not

Re: [Diversity-talk] Idea: Quarterly Projects for a traditionally underrepresented topic(s)/groups?

2018-04-13 Thread Rory McCann
Hi all, I've set up a poll to solicit feedback, with the items below. Yes i know we're a bit into Q2 already. https://framadate.org/iICunKdggDUaDEmE "Yes" for "This sounds OK", "No" for no, "ifneedbe" (yellow tick) for "I'd need someone to explain this to me before mapping". Rory On

Re: [Diversity-talk] Idea: Quarterly Projects for a traditionally underrepresented topic(s)/groups?

2018-03-28 Thread Philip Barnes
On Mon, 2018-03-26 at 22:24 +0200, Rory McCann wrote: > Hi guys, gals and non-binary pals, Some interesting ideas, it is difficult to find a single object that will exist on a worldwide scale. Some OSM groups have "quarterly projects" where they improve the state > of something in OSM in their

Re: [Diversity-talk] Idea: Quarterly Projects for a traditionally underrepresented topic(s)/groups?

2018-03-27 Thread Srravya C
Oh, alright. Thanks for explaining. :) On 27 March 2018 at 12:46, Rory McCann wrote: > On 27/03/18 09:00, Srravya C wrote: > >> What does minority language mean? I am not sure what you were referring >> to. >> > > Some country have many official and/or minority languages

Re: [Diversity-talk] Idea: Quarterly Projects for a traditionally underrepresented topic(s)/groups?

2018-03-27 Thread Rory McCann
On 27/03/18 09:00, Srravya C wrote: What does minority language mean? I am not sure what you were referring to. Some country have many official and/or minority languages (as someone from India, you should know what I'm talking about ). If you try to make a map from OSM with those langauges

Re: [Diversity-talk] Idea: Quarterly Projects for a traditionally underrepresented topic(s)/groups?

2018-03-27 Thread Srravya C
Hi Rory, This is an exciting idea! I'm interested in being a part of such quarterly projects! The possibilities are wide open. We could begin with mapping some under-mapped amenities which are of interest to this diversity group/list. What does minority language mean? I am not sure what you

[Diversity-talk] Idea: Quarterly Projects for a traditionally underrepresented topic(s)/groups?

2018-03-26 Thread Rory McCann
Hi guys, gals and non-binary pals, Some OSM groups have "quarterly projects" where they improve the state of something in OSM in their area, e.g. the UK OSM community once worked on schools in the UK for a quarter. How about we do that? Every quarter (3 months) pick some topic, something that is