Re: [OSM-talk] Removing "Wikiproject" prefix from place pages

2019-07-18 Thread Harry Wood
The idea of getting rid of the "WikiProject" page title prefix. There's a bit of discussion of that herehttps://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Wiki_organisation#Page_Name_conventions.2Fguidelines Discussion from 10 years ago!  As I said a the time, I support the idea in principle. I don't lik

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM user diary etiquette

2019-06-25 Thread Harry Wood
I definitely support moderation actions on the diaries (or indeed any channel) when somebody steps way out of line. > It is unfortunate because this means that quite a few useful comments> >written by some of you - the main subject was ways of fighting diary > spam - were dropped too. Do you hav

Re: [OSM-talk] [Osmf-talk] Board decision on Crimea complaint

2018-12-11 Thread Harry Wood
ms about anything here. ...but I'm putting words in other people's mouths. Let's wait and see what the board has to say (and yeah give them some time. We're all volunteers) Harry Wood On Monday, 10 December 2018, 18:12:44 GMT, Manfred A. Reiter wrote: "When in

Re: [OSM-talk] [HOT] [OSM-dev] Tool update from HOT: MapCampaigner

2018-10-07 Thread Harry Wood
Well this is drifting off the original topic but... Greg Morgan wrote: > This is nothing more than an uneducated attack on my favorite part of the > US tax code, 501.c3. This is also nothing more than an attack on a group > trying to build the OSM community. Seems a bit strong. Some folks need t

Re: [OSM-talk] Please ban Xxzme in wiki

2015-05-11 Thread Harry Wood
I have now written some justification for the ban, as I see it, on his talk page: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User_talk:Xxzme#Blocked_for_3_months My plan was to draw together various threads on his talk page and then write something like this immediately before banning him. I was in the

Re: [OSM-talk] [Osmf-talk] Modus operandi of the board

2014-10-22 Thread Harry Wood
> > btw, there should be a "all values in GBP" or similar on this page: > http://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Finances/Balance_Sheet_2012 > Well I can fix that at least (done) ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/

Re: [OSM-talk] [HOT] Floods in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina

2014-05-19 Thread Harry Wood
I've created a wiki page about these floods: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2014_Southeast_Europe_floods I included a couple of cautions familiar from the UK floods response: 1) Bosnia and Serbia have active mapping communities. We need to take care to do remote armchair mapping only if i

[OSM-talk] HOT house hack - Mon-Fri next week near Worksop

2013-09-04 Thread Harry Wood
com/HOT-House-2013-lm1cEL25GKl If you'd like to join in, you can edit the hack pad to put your name on the list. Maybe drop us an email too. Hope to be seeing some of you soon! Harry Wood ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

[OSM-talk] Wiki maintenance tasks

2012-04-02 Thread Harry Wood
I know it's not as fun as mapping, but I've made a list of some wiki maintenance tasks: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Wiki_maintenance_tasks I've been meaning to write this for years. The idea is to list some ideas for wiki editing tasks which apply to a lot of different pages across wiki,

[OSM-talk] Funding drive – Improving OSM reliability and performance

2011-12-01 Thread Harry Wood
, although these improvements are very much behind-the-scenes, they are important. Please give generously to help make them happen! Harry Wood (Communications Working Group)___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] IMPORTANT - OSM API upgrade - Read Only access

2009-04-17 Thread Harry Wood
Ladies & Gentlemen finish your uploads We are *go* for API lock-down in T minus 60 minutes. -- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:28:45 +0100 From: "Andy Robinson \(blackadder-lists\)" Subject: [OSM-talk] IMPORTANT - OSM AP

Re: [OSM-talk] Map tag in Wikipedia

2009-03-04 Thread Harry Wood
re z= or zoom= where allowed; the new syntax only supports z=. Sorry that was bug. Fixed now, although there's no harm in switching all pages to use 'z' Harry Wood ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Mapnik updating more frequently?

2009-02-10 Thread Harry Wood
p massively with getting new mappers hooked on the project. We should sing it from the rooftops ...but I understand Jon Burgess and others are monitoring it to see if the tile server keeps up with it OK. Hope the change sticks! Harry Wood ___ t

Re: [OSM-talk] Wiki: chriscf vandalism

2009-02-02 Thread Harry Wood
uot;approved" for "recommended" though. Is it worth doing? I don't think it will solve the problem completely, because people will still see it for what it is, a vote on whether a tagging idea gets to be put on "Map Features", but the rewording mig