Re: [OSM-talk] Re : Why do we have so many registered users with zero edits ?

2013-04-16 Thread Stefan Keller
s:mikelmaron -- *From:* Stefan Keller sfkel...@gmail.com *To:* Jean-Marc Liotier j...@liotier.org *Cc:* talk@openstreetmap.org *Sent:* Monday, April 15, 2013 7:58 AM *Subject:* Re: [OSM-talk] Re : Why do we have so many registered users with zero edits ? I personally

Re: [OSM-talk] Re : Why do we have so many registered users with zero edits ?

2013-04-16 Thread Christian Quest
The flossmanual is a better beginner guide, I'm sending a link to it in my welcome message to new contributors in France (it has been translated in french) learnosm is another one to consider too... (french translation available too) Kort is a very nice approach. Wheelmap styled apps are also

[OSM-talk] Re : Why do we have so many registered users with zero edits ?

2013-04-15 Thread yve...@gmail.com
Then we'll maybe have to understand a massive account close-down :) Yves - Reply message - De : Jean-Marc Liotier j...@liotier.org PourĀ : Simon Poole si...@poole.ch Cc : talk@openstreetmap.org Objet : [OSM-talk] Why do we have so many registered users with zero edits ? Date : lun., avr.

Re: [OSM-talk] Re : Why do we have so many registered users with zero edits ?

2013-04-15 Thread Jean-Marc Liotier
On 04/15/2013 12:29 PM, yve...@gmail.com wrote: Then we'll maybe have to understand a massive account close-down :) You mean that such a survey would be too spammy ? Or that the users would realize that they have a useless account that they should better close ?

Re: [OSM-talk] Re : Why do we have so many registered users with zero edits ?

2013-04-15 Thread Stefan Keller
I personally would'nt do a survey - I just would offer hint's to newbies what choices they have to start editing. Yours, Stefan 2013/4/15 Jean-Marc Liotier j...@liotier.org On 04/15/2013 12:29 PM, yve...@gmail.com wrote: Then we'll maybe have to understand a massive account close-down :)

Re: [OSM-talk] Re : Why do we have so many registered users with zero edits ?

2013-04-15 Thread Mikel Maron
: Why do we have so many registered users with zero edits ? I personally would'nt do a survey - I just would offer hint's to newbies what choices they have to start editing. Yours, Stefan 2013/4/15 Jean-Marc Liotier j...@liotier.org On 04/15/2013 12:29 PM, yve...@gmail.com wrote

Re: [OSM-talk] Re : Why do we have so many registered users with zero edits ?

2013-04-15 Thread Mikel Maron
To: Jean-Marc Liotier j...@liotier.org Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 7:58 AM Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Re : Why do we have so many registered users with zero edits ? I personally would'nt do a survey - I just would offer hint's to newbies what choices they have to start

Re: [OSM-talk] Re : Why do we have so many registered users with zero edits ?

2013-04-15 Thread Alex Barth
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Mikel Maron mikel_ma...@yahoo.com wrote: However, a newsletter type mail out, reminding people they registered, and explaining a little bit about how cool OSM is ... that could be useful to get people involved for the first time, or again. We could roll out

Re: [OSM-talk] Re : Why do we have so many registered users with zero edits ?

2013-04-15 Thread Jean-Marc Liotier
On 04/15/2013 04:52 PM, Mikel Maron wrote: I just would offer hint's to newbies what choices they have to start editing. Have any of you walked through the iD editor tour? http://ideditor.com/ When you sign in for the first time, it guides you through usage in a sandbox. Once iD is

Re: [OSM-talk] Re : Why do we have so many registered users with zero edits ?

2013-04-15 Thread Jo
It would be helpful to allow people to indicate in which language they would prefer to receive messages when they sign up. In fact it would be a good 'excuse' to contact them asking them for such preferred language. Knowing their general location is not enough to make a guesstimate of which