Hi, I usually send a welcome message to new mappers in Cebu (I stopped monitoring Bohol a long time ago), but only if the user has several edits over some days/weeks. I always though it might feel creepy if you receive a welcome message, as soon as you do your first edit. This makes that I did not send that many (around 10 I guess since I started mapping) but I had feedback from about half of them.
I generally thank them for helping in Cebu (there are not many mappers here) and tell they can ask me or the mailing list (with link) for help/answers, and add links to the ph and main map features page. If there are big or repeating problems with the edits, I also add a comment on how I would map that. Cheers, Totor -------------------------------------------- On Sun, 10/26/14, maning sambale wrote: Subject: [talk-ph] Welcoming new PH mappers To: "osm-ph" Date: Sunday, October 26, 2014, 10:05 PM Hi, Once in a while, I try to send a welcome note to new mappers as I stumble into their edits. I think this is a good strategy to inform the mappers that: 1. their contributions (however small) were appreciated; 2. they can ask questions if they want to. In some cases, recipients respond and appreciate the message. Most of the times, I don't get a response. I don't know if there are those in the list who do this as well. Might be good to coordinate efforts in order not overwhelm new users with unsolicited messages. Swiss OSM do this too [0]. If you want to know the new editors in the PH you can check this page [1]. I think some of last week's new contributors were from Project NOAH's workshop in Iloilo. [0] http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/SimonPoole/diary/24124 [1] http://resultmaps.neis-one.org/newestosmcountry.php?c=Philippines -- cheers, maning ------------------------------------------------------ "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph _______________________________________________ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph