I know some people will not like this, but using Facebook has been crucial in bringing several communities to life. I am very much pro opening up the discussions. I can set it up if there is no overwhelming opposition.
Susanna 2016-04-08 22:03 GMT+03:00 Andy Townsend <[email protected]>: > On 08/04/2016 18:12, Tommy Bruce wrote: > >> I would suggest the Reddit page if you guys are looking for a forum >> friendly page. Reddit is usually pretty good for organizing and a pretty >> good forum location. >> >> https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenHistoricalMap/ >> >> >> Reddit? I thought all the cool kids were using Slack now* :) > > Seriously, I don't think it's possible to do more than just suggest to > people places where conversations might take place. As an OSM DWG member I > often have to try and figure out where a certain community does most of its > conversation, and they're pretty variable. Some use mailing lists (some on > openstreetmap.org, some elsewhere) some use forums (again either > forum.openstreetmap.org or elsewhere), some use Facebook, some Google+ > (!) and some I'm sure others. > > "http://forum.osm.org"; and "http://help.osm.org"; do have one advantage > over the others in that they use existing OSM credentials. If Reddit works > for people, they'll use it. If anyone wants to add an OHM section to the > forum then perhaps ask at > http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewforum.php?id=8 ? Likewise I'm sure > OHM questions asked at the help site and suitably tagged would be answered. > > I wouldn't expect a huge amount of traffic though, since OHM doesn't yet > get a huge number of edits (if I look at the "history" tab over England it > goes back 4 months). > > Cheers, > > Andy > > > * https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-us/2016-March/016069.html > > (or Telegram > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2016-March/075795.html , > or ...) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Historic mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/historic >
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