Ian Sergeant <iserg...@hih.com.au> wrote: > I said: > > > Training and skills acquisition before undertaking complex tasks is > > a fairly commonplace activity in our society. > > Gert Gremmen" <g.grem...@cetest.nl> wrote on 15/09/2011 04:50:11 PM: > > > No but the difference between Stalinism and OSM is that we do not > *oblige* > > people to follow a training process. > > Easily solved. > > A tickbox saying "I know what I am doing, leave me alone" and you get > full > access. > > The idea here is to make people more comfortable with contributing to > OSM, > not less. By putting a "safety barrier" around what is easy, > beginners > will feel more comfortable contributing. A graduated system hopefully > > ensures that their first experience is a positive one, not an "I've > stuffed everything up" one, and there is a clear track to > understanding > the more complex elements of OSM. > > Ian
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