On Saturday 09 February 2019, Erwin Olario wrote:
> [...]
>
> In our community in the Philippines, we've always encouraged these
> project organizers (especially if we know people involve in them) to
> document their efforts on the Wiki in the past, and the OEG
> definitely expanded what we should expect from them. Compliance,
> however, is another matter.
If you want to use the OEG as a basis of interaction with organized
actors - and i want to emphasize you don't have to, the OEG are binding
for organized actors but not for local communities - the suggested
approach would probably be:
* attempt contacting those making the edits (easiest via changeset
comment) telling them that you as the local community insist they
conform with the OEG.
* if they don't react or don't react in substance, for example by adding
some pro-forma bullshit documentation and essentially sabotaging the
community (those who i have in mind with that will know i am talking
about them) you escalate the matter to the DWG.
If what you want them to do is not specifically required in the OEG, you
could also take a more direct approach independent of the OEG by
telling them directly what you require them to do (use locally
established tagging, meet your local quality standards, not use
outdated data sources, coordinate with local activities or similar
things) - either individually for their case or in the form of a local
set of rules for organized activities. And if they don't comply you
enforce those requirements by reverting the edits made in violation of
it. The important thing about this approach is to have agreement on it
in the local community. You should not do this as an individual mapper
but as a collective.
And in either case keep in mind you are the guardians of your local map,
it is both your right and your duty to safeguard the quality and
integrity of the map in your area. The key here is to be friendly but
resolute - making clear that this is not a formality but that they have
to abide by the standards of the local community.
--
Christoph Hormann
http://www.imagico.de/
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