I turned this into a PR, https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/2735
This change covers just the two English locales. -mike. ---------------------------------------------------------------- michal migurski- contact info and pgp key: sf/ca http://mike.teczno.com/contact.html > On Jul 27, 2020, at 9:59 AM, Alex Dawn <al_4...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > > I'd agree with that, it was quite a while before I registered an account. > Then I did do GIS for work, but was thinking there's probably a big > difference between loading a couple of shape files and being a "GIS > professional" who makes and manages a world map. Turns out there's not, more > nudges to make baby steps would be good. > > Get Outlook for Android <https://aka.ms/ghei36> > From: Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> > Sent: Monday, July 27, 2020 4:06:52 PM > To: talk@openstreetmap.org <talk@openstreetmap.org> > Subject: [OSM-talk] more engaging “about” page > > Looking at > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/about <https://www.openstreetmap.org/about> > > I thought it was not very engaging and we might want to make some small > adjustments to make it more inviting for people to contribute. > > Specifically the paragraph: >> Community Driven >> OpenStreetMap's community is diverse, passionate, and growing every day. Our >> contributors include enthusiast mappers, GIS professionals, engineers >> running the OSM servers, humanitarians mapping disaster-affected areas, and >> many more. To learn more about the community, see the OpenStreetMap Blog >> <https://blog.openstreetmap.org/>, user diaries >> <https://www.openstreetmap.org/diary>, community blogs >> <https://blogs.openstreetmap.org/>, and the OSM Foundation >> <https://www.osmfoundation.org/> website. >> > > it points to the official blog, user diaries, community blogs and the osmf > website. > > My suggestion would be to > > 1. add “people like you, e.g. ” before “enthusiast mappers, GIS > professionals, ...” and to > > 2. add “how to contribute” as link to “ > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/How_to_contribute > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/How_to_contribute>” right after “see” > and before “the OpenStreetMap blog, user diaries.....” > > What do you think? > > Cheers Martin > > sent from a phone > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
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