It may seem complicated at first, but soon you'll get used to it and it'll be simple. It's like learning how to ride a bike, if you know what I mean. You should maybe take a look at the links suggested by "chillly," maybe that will help.
Looking at your edits, I noticed you've been editing with Potlatch 1.4, but there's a newer version of Potlatch (Potlatch 2) that's way easier to use and learn. It's also faster and has less bugs/glitches than Potlatch 1. To use it, move your mouse over the edit button (don't click on it) and a menu will appear. On that menu, select "Edit with Potlatch 2 (in-browser editor)." You can set P2 as your default editor when you click the edit button in your user preferences.
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Comment from Wynndale on 4 March 2011 at 17:57
Practice make perfect. You’ll find things easier as you put more stuff in.
Comment from chillly on 5 March 2011 at 10:55
Help is always available, just as. You can contact local mappers, look in the wiki osm.wiki/Beginners%27_guide , ask on IRC irc://irc.oftc.net/osm, join a mailing list osm.wiki/Mailing_lists or use the Help Centre http://help.openstreetmap.org/
Comment from compdude on 5 March 2011 at 18:53
It may seem complicated at first, but soon you'll get used to it and it'll be simple. It's like learning how to ride a bike, if you know what I mean. You should maybe take a look at the links suggested by "chillly," maybe that will help.
Comment from compdude on 5 March 2011 at 18:59
Looking at your edits, I noticed you've been editing with Potlatch 1.4, but there's a newer version of Potlatch (Potlatch 2) that's way easier to use and learn. It's also faster and has less bugs/glitches than Potlatch 1. To use it, move your mouse over the edit button (don't click on it) and a menu will appear. On that menu, select "Edit with Potlatch 2 (in-browser editor)." You can set P2 as your default editor when you click the edit button in your user preferences.