In Belgium and The Netherlands, there are people that try to contact
every new mapper via a personal message. This message includes a list
of sources where the mapper can ask for help. The message is in the
language of the mapper (Dutch or French). Belgian mappers get informed
about the Belgian mai
It's probably a reasonable suggestion to close the newbies@osm down for
lack of use. What concerns me is where the the newbies going? Is there any
data to suggest that they are being served on the forum? A quick look at
the section "Questions and Answers" would indicate that people are using
the fo
On 11 January 2016 at 19:22, Martin Koppenhoefer
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> > Am 11.01.2016 um 19:20 schrieb Rob Nickerson >:
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> > Would be happy to see a few other low use mailing lists closed.
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> why?
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Because they are not benefiting the community but they are a time hog for
anyone who wants to intera
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> Am 11.01.2016 um 19:20 schrieb Rob Nickerson :
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> Would be happy to see a few other low use mailing lists closed.
why? Are they sucking resources? Attracting spammers? Making the lists list too
long?
I agree with closing newbies, as written, we have better means now to
I agree with this proposal. Newbies@ was for non-technical first time users
and other methods are probably more appropriate today. Would be happy to
see a few other low use mailing lists closed.
*Rob*
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Hi all,
Usage of the newb...@openstreetmap.org mailing list, set up in 2007 to
provide help to new users, has dwindled to almost nothing. There were no
posts in September, October, November, or December.
Generally we now have better places to provide help to new users -
principally http://he
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