On 7 Apr 2013, at 16:39, Karen Coyle <[email protected]> wrote:
> I suspect we don't have an obvious way for people to notify us about 
> such errors. That's another thing we should think about -- how to notify 
> OL about errors. It doesn't make sense to join ol-tech for that purpose 
> -- it seems more something that should be send to the help email.

How about a Report button, so that people can report all sorts of errors and 
vandalism? Ideally with a mandatory text field so that people can say what is 
wrong with the page. OpenStreetBugs helps OpenStreetMap users on the ground 
report problems to those that have the time and skills to fix them. Spotting 
problems and fixing them are complementary skills, and it’s an outdated and 
flawed attitude in wiki projects that the spotter should fix the spotted errors.

> 4) Related to #3, there isn't a way that I can see to "watch" a page and 
> be notified about changes. I still see a need for a full-fledged wiki 
> for some of this work.

This is a really good idea. Allowing watching would encourage people to put 
effort into a page. Like Wikipedia you could view recent changes to watched 
pages. Hopefully there’d be fewer edit wars than on Wikipedia though!

- Laurence

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