On 03/02/11 11:51, Ed Avis wrote:
Lastly, I don't believe that adding data from external sources discourages contributors. Quite the opposite. It is a blank canvas that puts people off. The way to bring in contributors is to show a map with a few missing details that are so tempting to fix 'just one thing'...
I don't think you can generalise this - the blank canvas attracts some people (including me) and repels others.
However, I used to be quite active in wikipedia, and the experience there is clearly that there are far, far more people who want to be editors than who want to contribute brand-new content. I suspect if OSM did more to attract "gardeners" as someone else put it, there could be a big, largely untapped source of contributors out there.
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