On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM Steven Hirschorn < [email protected]> wrote:
> I believe it automates an email which is sent to the OpenStreetMap user's > mailbox (and to their registered email address as part of the OSM inbox > functionality) > > I detected a collective "meh" in response to my previous email so I made a > start on a fork of the repo, ready for a pull request when and if anyone > expresses an opinion (if you aren't familiar with these terms, don't worry, > it's not that important). > > The things that I'm not sure of: > - We have to select a region by uploading a geojson file. As the > containing chapter is "OpenStreetMap UK" the UK would seem an obvious > region to select. However, there's already a Scotland region defined, and > an Ireland region covering Northern Ireland. I'm not sure what the impact > is of overlapping regions (multiple emails?). For the moment I created an > "England" region by simplifying the England relation from OSM. I think the > email we'd generate would be more appropriate for the area the OSM UK > covers, ie the whole UK? Or at least England and Wales, as they aren't > covered by a region yet. You can browse the existing regions in Github, > here: > https://github.com/milh0use/osm-welcome-tool/tree/2.x/assets/regions/europe > and the England region I created here: > > https://github.com/milh0use/osm-welcome-tool/blob/milh0use/add_england_region/assets/regions/europe/england.geojson > Github even has a nice geojson viewer built in, so you don't have to > interpret a sequence of latlongs in your head! > At some time back, someone must have asked for a Scotland region but did not follow up with text for a message. As best as I can tell, United Kingdom has had 187 new users since April 1st. Which is a lot (an average of 17 a day) of people to welcome. I've had about 25 or so since Apr 1st. In the same period, England had 144. More volunteers to welcome new mappers or selecting a small area of the country might help get the number down to a more manageable size. Some days, welcoming people goes quickly, but other times, providing comments on their edits can take time. Be nice if this were automated, but the only thing automated is providing you with a list of users to manually welcome. > > - We would need to agree the best text. I've created a draft based on the > OpenStreetMap Ireland message, with some text copied and pasted from the > OpenStreetMap UK website. You can see the text here: > > https://github.com/milh0use/osm-welcome-tool/blob/milh0use/add_england_region/templates/messages/england/en/default.md > You can also see the email sent to users who create nodes/ways/relations > in the ireland region here: > > https://github.com/milh0use/osm-welcome-tool/blob/milh0use/add_england_region/templates/messages/ireland/en/default.md > I don't see a text for Scotland - maybe a default text is sent to regions > without their own text? > Someone would have manually enter the message text. Since no one is being marked as welcomed, I don't think that is happening. > > > -- @osm_washington www.snowandsnow.us OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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