Re: [OSM-talk] what to do cues

2013-01-01 Thread Serge Wroclawski
On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 12:54 AM, Jeff Meyer wrote: > Are there any tools that can tip users to what they could do in a particular > map area? In my experience, when mappers go out and start to map, they discover things that interest them straight away. I used to bring the OSM Cheat Sheet (a sel

Re: [OSM-talk] what to do cues

2013-01-01 Thread Richard Weait
On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 7:54 AM, Serge Wroclawski wrote: > On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 12:54 AM, Jeff Meyer wrote: > > Are there any tools that can tip users to what they could do in a > particular > > map area? > > In my experience, when mappers go out and start to map, they discover > things that i

Re: [OSM-talk] what to do cues

2013-01-01 Thread Jeff Meyer
Russ - I agree that rules can be tricky. Would it be possible, to play around with the code you've written, to see what results it generates? The issue I'm trying to address is this: people who sign up for OSM & then make 0 edits. Why? Is it because they cannot find the editor? Is it because they

[OSM-talk] Image of the week points to wrong week

2013-01-01 Thread Pierre Béland
In page http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Main_Page, Image of the week points to Template:Iotw image/2013-2. The first week image do not appear today. Is this the zero day bug? Somebody nows how to correct?   Pierre ___ talk mailing list talk@openstr

Re: [OSM-talk] Image of the week points to wrong week

2013-01-01 Thread Erik Lundin
There was an edit [1] to get the correct year belonging to this week, since week number 1 of 2013 started before year 2012 ended. There is a syntax for this in MediaWiki, see [2]. However, the trouble seems to be that using that syntax, the week number is only available zero-padded, while the i

Re: [OSM-talk] Image of the week points to wrong week

2013-01-01 Thread Erik Lundin
Another way to get the week number that's not zero-padded is to bring back the {{CURRENTWEEK}}, but then different syntaxes are mixed, which is a bit ugly. I did this as a workaround just to get it working, but we'll have to figure out the best long term solution. Regards, Erik 2013-01-01 19:

Re: [OSM-talk] what to do cues

2013-01-01 Thread Christian Quest
After trying to contaminate a couple of friends with the OSM virus, the biggest problem I think we have comes from the complexity of the editors (even P2) multiplied by the growing data density. The growing amount of data makes editing looking more difficult and newcomers are afraid of breaking ex

Re: [OSM-talk] Image of the week points to wrong week

2013-01-01 Thread Andrew
> There was an edit [1] to get the correct year belonging to this week, > since week number 1 of 2013 started before year 2012 ended. There is a > syntax for this in MediaWiki, see [2]. However, the trouble seems to be > that using that syntax, the week number is only available

Re: [OSM-talk] Image of the week points to wrong week

2013-01-01 Thread Pierre Béland
Thanks Erik, the image is back.   Pierre > > De : Erik Lundin >À : talk@openstreetmap.org >Envoyé le : Mardi 1 janvier 2013 14h11 >Objet : Re: [OSM-talk] Image of the week points to wrong week > >Another way to get the week number that's not zero-padded is t

Re: [OSM-talk] what to do cues

2013-01-01 Thread Russ Nelson
Christian Quest writes: > newcomers are afraid of breaking existing stuff. I was totally afraid of breaking existing stuff. How embarrassing! Maybe if it was easier to revert a changeset, like from the person's changeset listing? -- --my blog is athttp://blog.russnelson.com Crynwr supports

Re: [OSM-talk] what to do cues

2013-01-01 Thread Svavar Kjarrval
What I've found easiest is to encourage people to check on areas they know well, like where they currently live. Armed with that and maybe some imagery, they might have some basis to make edits. They will be fairly careful since it's an area they care about. - Svavar Kjarrval On 01/01/13 18:26, J

Re: [OSM-talk] what to do cues

2013-01-01 Thread Robin Paulson
On 2013-01-02 07:26, Jeff Meyer wrote: I agree that rules can be tricky. Would it be possible, to play around with the code youve written, to see what results it generates? The issue Im trying to address is this: people who sign up for OSM & then make 0 edits. Why? Is it because they cannot fin

Re: [OSM-talk] what to do cues

2013-01-01 Thread Jeff Meyer
What do you mean, "The wrong route?" Is there a wrong route for recruiting and engaging new mappers? As for interacting, why are you presuming I have not done so? On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 8:58 PM, Robin Paulson wrote: > On 2013-01-02 07:26, Jeff Meyer wrote: > >> I agree that rules can be tricky.