Tom Hughes <t...@compton.nu> wrote: >I suggest that people start by reading the FAQ which explains how the >site should be used and what should (and shouldn't) be there. You can >find the FAQ here: > > http://help.openstreetmap.org/faq/ > >and then get started asking (and answering) questions here: > > http://help.openstreetmap.org/
Thank you for your effort. This is really helpful stuff. But one question remains: Is there any reason, why you did not use the OSM-Wiki for that FAQ? IMHO it is not helpful, if the OSM documentation and help is cluttered to many locations. The user has to learn different ways of usage for each platform in order to contribute. Here you can find, how a question page and a FAQ could be integrated into the OSM-wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Help_desk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ The advantage of a wiki is further, that you do not have to report mistakes like here. People who find them, can correct them of their own. Further the Mediawiki, which is the content management system used for the OSM-wiki is (because Wikipedia) one of the best documented software ever. Also the OSM-Foundation seems to have found out, that cluttering and diverting their informations to several locations is not useful and finally bundled them to a wiki: http://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Main_Page Possibly a point, to think over. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
