Hi,
If a novice wants to start with JOSM , so be it, but we want him to be attracted to something he understands right now and prefer that before understanding the power of a real editor.
A simple idea: Why can't a user give (for each edit, but default being preferencable) the level of confidence in his data for each changeset? Data could then be marked as * "Newbie, please some guy may revise my edits" * "armchair or 'I remembered this' edit" * "survey, this data may seem odd, but I verified it" Similar to the fixme or openstreetbugs system. This has the following advantage: * Newbies can feel more confident that their edits will not damage the map because they can be revised. * Everything is voluntary -> building community * Everything is a bit anonymous in a sense that a newbie doesn't need an explicit "mentor" to consult before an edit * "Experts" like myself are doing stupid edits when they are doing new things for the first time (transport relations, etc.), I would like to be able to mark some of my edits as "Please some local guy, check this", or "Please some relation expert, check this" Cheers, Kay _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
