Re: [OSM-talk] Barriers of Entry

2011-09-15 Thread Ian Sergeant
Gert Gremmen g.grem...@cetest.nl wrote on 15/09/2011 03:51:11 PM: I definitely do NOT want a *diploma* system with less or more approved users.. N We don't want OSM to change into Brave New World, 1984 or distinct between users on other characteristics History is full of such

Re: [OSM-talk] Barriers of Entry

2011-09-15 Thread ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen
@OSM Onderwerp: RE: [OSM-talk] Barriers of Entry Gert Gremmen g.grem...@cetest.nl wrote on 15/09/2011 03:51:11 PM: I definitely do NOT want a *diploma* system with less or more approved users.. N We don't want OSM to change into Brave New World, 1984 or distinct between users

Re: [OSM-talk] Barriers of Entry

2011-09-15 Thread Kay Drangmeister
Hi, If a novice wants to start with JOSM , so be it, but we want him to be attracted to something he understands right now and prefer that before understanding the power of a real editor. A simple idea: Why can't a user give (for each edit, but default being preferencable) the level of

Re: [OSM-talk] Barriers of Entry

2011-09-15 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On 9/15/2011 2:07 AM, Ian Sergeant wrote: [snip] Is there a reason you send messages with font size=2? ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Barriers of Entry

2011-09-15 Thread Peter Wendorff
Hi. I don't think that would help - at least as you miss the distinction between data and information. (Especially) for beginners the problem isn't the reliability of the information they have (most beginners do not start armchair-mapping, at least not without introduction of others, I think),

Re: [OSM-talk] Barriers of Entry

2011-09-15 Thread Richard Weait
I'm glad that you both agree so closely. Paraphrasing Frederik, Not all barriers are bad. Paraphrasing Serge, Not all barriers are good. [removed many analogies] I'd like to see needless barriers to understanding and using OpenStreetMap reduced or removed. I think that we have done that

Re: [OSM-talk] Barriers of Entry

2011-09-15 Thread ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen
You lost me here, definitely ... ;(( -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Richard Weait [mailto:rich...@weait.com] Verzonden: donderdag 15 september 2011 20:55 Aan: talk@openstreetmap.org Onderwerp: Re: [OSM-talk] Barriers of Entry I'm glad that you both agree so closely. Paraphrasing

Re: [OSM-talk] Barriers of Entry

2011-09-15 Thread Ian Sergeant
I said: Training and skills acquisition before undertaking complex tasks is a fairly commonplace activity in our society. Gert Gremmen g.grem...@cetest.nl wrote on 15/09/2011 04:50:11 PM: No but the difference between Stalinism and OSM is that we do not *oblige* people to follow a

Re: [OSM-talk] Barriers of Entry

2011-09-15 Thread John F. Eldredge
Ian Sergeant iserg...@hih.com.au wrote: I said: Training and skills acquisition before undertaking complex tasks is a fairly commonplace activity in our society. Gert Gremmen g.grem...@cetest.nl wrote on 15/09/2011 04:50:11 PM: No but the difference between Stalinism and OSM is

[OSM-talk] Barriers of Entry

2011-09-14 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, there are many different types of barriers. There are of course those we tag with barrier, the physical ones. They are used to keep unwanted, unauthorized or unsuitable people or vehicles out. There are barriers of entry in the form of entrance exams at places like universities, with

Re: [OSM-talk] Barriers of Entry

2011-09-14 Thread Peter Wendorff
Hi Frederik +0.5 to your thoughts. On the one hand, yes, I agree: We should not aim to make OSM look like not needing any skills, but on the other hand there are in fact parts of OSM where help with not much more skills than taking a dog for a walk is possible. That is not necessarily the

Re: [OSM-talk] Barriers of Entry

2011-09-14 Thread Mike N
There's no difference between someone who goes through the traditional signup process and messes up the data VS someone coming in via a Facebook login or the Friendly page and messes up the data. It's only a question of scale - do we pick up enough quality users from convenient logins to

Re: [OSM-talk] Barriers of Entry

2011-09-14 Thread ant
Hi, On 14.09.2011 09:24, Frederik Ramm wrote: Barriers of entry are good if they accurately reflect the demands that lie further down the road. A barrier that prohibits 3m wide vehicles from entering a tunnel that will narrow down to less than 3m in the middle is not an arbitrary restriction

Re: [OSM-talk] Barriers of Entry

2011-09-14 Thread Nic Roets
Barriers to entry are good when they prevent us from doing some thing bad. On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: Hi, there are many different types of barriers. There are of course those we tag with barrier, the physical ones. They are used to keep

Re: [OSM-talk] Barriers of Entry

2011-09-14 Thread Serge Wroclawski
I respectfully disagree with most of your email, comments inline: On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 3:24 AM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: Hi, There are barriers of entry in the form of entrance exams at places like universities, with the aim of assessing the likelihood of someone

Re: [OSM-talk] Barriers of Entry

2011-09-14 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 09/14/2011 08:07 PM, Serge Wroclawski wrote: I'm concerned about uneducated newbies messing up OSM, so we need ways to prevent that. Hm, not really. My post was actually aiming at those who *without further thinking* claim that tearing down barriers was always a good thing. If you

Re: [OSM-talk] Barriers of Entry

2011-09-14 Thread ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen
Wroclawski [mailto:emac...@gmail.com] Verzonden: woensdag 14 september 2011 20:08 Aan: Frederik Ramm CC: Talk Openstreetmap Onderwerp: Re: [OSM-talk] Barriers of Entry I respectfully disagree with most of your email, comments inline: On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 3:24 AM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote

Re: [OSM-talk] Barriers of Entry

2011-09-14 Thread Ian Sergeant
Gert Gremmen g.grem...@cetest.nl wrote on 15/09/2011 04:43:43 AM: I am not sure yet on what to do with such edits when detected yet, but what the heck, we are thousands to find a solution Sounds like a problem that may be solved by some kind of graduated access scheme. Anyone can sign

Re: [OSM-talk] Barriers of Entry

2011-09-14 Thread Jaakko Helleranta.com
91 54, Skype/GoogleTalk: jhelleranta -Original Message- From: Ian Sergeant iserg...@hih.com.au Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:02:08 To: ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmeng.grem...@cetest.nl Cc: Talk Openstreetmaptalk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Barriers of Entry

Re: [OSM-talk] Barriers of Entry

2011-09-14 Thread ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen
@OSM Onderwerp: Re: [OSM-talk] Barriers of Entry I very much like Ian's idea. Coincidentally I talked about this with some people at SotM. It seems to me that a number of people have started editing osm after a significant delay because they've felt the barriers badly (both regarding tools