Toby, this is great data. Thanks. On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 1:36 PM, Toby Murray <[email protected]> wrote:
> Here, let's have some numbers. As of the last changeset dump (Feb. 28th) > > iD: > total changesets: 1,744,610 > changesets with a comment: 745,774 > 43% comment rate > What got me first was the number of first time mappers in the US not entering a changeset. (Commit message in iD) > > > iD certainly gives you the opportunity to enter a comment but is probably > the least obvious about it. P2 pops up a dialog box asking for a message > but doesn't complain if you don't put one in. And of course JOSM gets > rather angry with you if you don't put in a sufficiently long comment. > > What these numbers don't show is how many comments are useless repeated > "fixed problems" ones. JOSM auto-fills the comment with whatever you used > last time. And actually I believe iD does as well. > I'm guilty of that myself. > > I especially feel it is important to have a changeset comment from new users. It help figure out what they think they were doing vs. what they actually did. -- @osm_seattle osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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