StreetComplete is an easy to use editor of OpenStreetMap data available for Android. It can be used without any OpenStreetMap-specific knowledge. It asks simple questions, with answers directly used to edit and improve OpenStreetMap data. The app is aimed at users who do not know anything about OSM tagging schemes but still want to contribute to OpenStreetMap.
StreetComplete automatically looks for nearby places where a survey is needed and shows them as quest markers on its map. Each of these quests can then be solved on site by answering a simple question. For example, tapping on a marker may show the question "What is the name of this road?", with a text field to answer it. More examples are shown in the screenshots below.
The user's answer is automatically processed and uploaded directly into the OSM database. Edits are done in meaningful changesets using the user's OSM account. Since the app is meant to be used on a survey, it can be used offline and is economic with data usage.
This is great! I wish more knowledge bases realized their barrier to entry. Eg even Wikipedia can be scary to edit the first time, if you want to present things like citations the right way.
Wikipedia is fine. Just make sure the content itself is good and appropriate for Wikipedia (such as no original research) and formatting citations is really least of your worries. When you do it wrong, some other editor will come and fix it.
That doesn’t in any way invalidate that bread is sold sliced. That is the assertion, that sliced bread is available for sale. Even in places where bread is typically sold unsliced, the concept of sliced bread exists.
Or are you claiming that you are completely unaware of unsliced bread and need a citation to verify its existence?
Would it be appropriate for the Wikipedia article on "milk" to mention that it's sold frozen, unqualified, simply because that has happened?
Bread is usually sold sliced in some places, and usually sold unsliced in others. For a claim about this to be useful for wikipedia it should be specific and cited.
In rigorous academic contexts things that are generally accepted or common knowledge do not need to be cited. Nobody is disputing the existence of frozen milk or sliced bread for sale. They are commonly known and accepted facts. We do not need a peer reviewed citation for those claims to be believable.
The claim is not that sliced bread is always available in every place on earth. Nor is it that bread is usually sliced. That is a different claim that you have added. The claim is that sliced bread is available for sale, nonspecifically. It is a commonly known fact that bread can be purchased sliced in some places.
If you make a specific claim, like: sliced bread is not usually available in Nordic countries, I could see that needing a citation. You have made specific claims about sliced bread availability and market preferences. I am making the general case that it exists.
The point is that there is some basic level of knowledge that we don’t need to validate with a third party source. People drink water. I’ve never seen a scientific study or source for this, but it is universally accepted as truth. Bread is sold sliced sometimes is a similar fact.
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StreetComplete is an easy to use editor of OpenStreetMap data available for Android. It can be used without any OpenStreetMap-specific knowledge. It asks simple questions, with answers directly used to edit and improve OpenStreetMap data. The app is aimed at users who do not know anything about OSM tagging schemes but still want to contribute to OpenStreetMap.
StreetComplete automatically looks for nearby places where a survey is needed and shows them as quest markers on its map. Each of these quests can then be solved on site by answering a simple question. For example, tapping on a marker may show the question "What is the name of this road?", with a text field to answer it. More examples are shown in the screenshots below.
The user's answer is automatically processed and uploaded directly into the OSM database. Edits are done in meaningful changesets using the user's OSM account. Since the app is meant to be used on a survey, it can be used offline and is economic with data usage.
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Or are you claiming that you are completely unaware of unsliced bread and need a citation to verify its existence?
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Bread is usually sold sliced in some places, and usually sold unsliced in others. For a claim about this to be useful for wikipedia it should be specific and cited.
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In rigorous academic contexts things that are generally accepted or common knowledge do not need to be cited. Nobody is disputing the existence of frozen milk or sliced bread for sale. They are commonly known and accepted facts. We do not need a peer reviewed citation for those claims to be believable.
The claim is not that sliced bread is always available in every place on earth. Nor is it that bread is usually sliced. That is a different claim that you have added. The claim is that sliced bread is available for sale, nonspecifically. It is a commonly known fact that bread can be purchased sliced in some places.
If you make a specific claim, like: sliced bread is not usually available in Nordic countries, I could see that needing a citation. You have made specific claims about sliced bread availability and market preferences. I am making the general case that it exists.
The point is that there is some basic level of knowledge that we don’t need to validate with a third party source. People drink water. I’ve never seen a scientific study or source for this, but it is universally accepted as truth. Bread is sold sliced sometimes is a similar fact.