Thanks Totor. So we have a "welcoming committee member" in Cebu. :) What about other areas?
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 12:42 PM, Totor <totor_...@yahoo.com> wrote: > 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 -- 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