Re: [OSM-talk] [Imports] Import guidelines proposal update

2012-09-20 Thread Lester Caine
Pieren wrote: There definitely is not general agreement at this time that this passage should be changed. Could you please point out in archives (wiki or mailing list) where the separate account became generaly agreed ? Or you can simply tell me the communication channel and an approximate

Re: [OSM-talk] [Imports] Import guidelines proposal update

2012-09-20 Thread Pieren
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk wrote: Check the list of arguments presented here for the mandatory separate account: 1. it's easier to separate from normal contributions 2. it's more effecient for sourcing 3. it's easier to identify the source if we change the

Re: [OSM-talk] [Imports] Import guidelines proposal update

2012-09-20 Thread Lester Caine
Pieren wrote: Check the list of arguments presented here for the mandatory separate account: Pieren - please stop banging on about this - we know that the current process is flawed but it WAS put in place when problems arose in the Canadian imports, and it IS current practice. If one 'local

Re: [OSM-talk] [Imports] Import guidelines proposal update

2012-09-20 Thread Pierre Béland
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk wrote: Check the list of arguments presented here for the mandatory separate account: 1. it's easier to separate from normal contributions 2. it's more effecient for sourcing 3. it's easier to identify the source if we change the

Re: [OSM-talk] [Imports] Import guidelines proposal update

2012-09-20 Thread Pierre Béland
] Import guidelines proposal update Pieren wrote: Check the list of arguments presented here for the mandatory separate account: Pieren - please stop banging on about this - we know that the current process is flawed but it WAS put in place when problems arose in the Canadian imports

Re: [OSM-talk] [Imports] Import guidelines proposal update

2012-09-20 Thread Lester Caine
Pierre Béland wrote: Check the list of arguments presented here for the mandatory separate account: 1. it's easier to separate from normal contributions 2. it's more effecient for sourcing 3. it's easier to identify the source if we change the license. We faced that issue in the past for ODbl

Re: [OSM-talk] [Imports] Import guidelines proposal update

2012-09-20 Thread Pierre Béland
2012-09-20 Lester Caine lester at lsces.co.uk Comment fields are not documented as well as they should be and the 'problem' that instigated this thread is to my view of what's on line a very good example of why there WAS a problem. Correctly flagging information is essential and we do

Re: [OSM-talk] [Imports] Import guidelines proposal update

2012-09-20 Thread Lester Caine
Béland Pierre wrote: 2012-09-20 Lester Caine lester at lsces.co.uk Comment fields are not documented as well as they should be and the 'problem' that instigated this thread is to my view of what's on line a very good example of why there WAS a problem. Correctly flagging information is

Re: [OSM-talk] [Imports] Import guidelines proposal update

2012-09-20 Thread Pierre Béland
2012-09-20 Lester Caine wrote Alright insisting on a 'new account' may be wrong, but identifying the 'import source' somewhere is not unreasonable? We do have the problem of the 'language' used to inform other users and some English translations on some of the    cadastre import stuff would

Re: [OSM-talk] [Imports] Import guidelines proposal update

2012-09-19 Thread Pieren
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 10:49 PM, Paul Norman penor...@mac.com wrote: There definitely is not general agreement at this time that this passage should be changed. Could you please point out in archives (wiki or mailing list) where the separate account became generaly agreed ? Or you can simply

Re: [OSM-talk] [Imports] Import guidelines proposal update

2012-09-19 Thread Russ Nelson
Pieren writes: Could you please point out in archives (wiki or mailing list) where the separate account became generaly agreed ? It's always been generally agreed upon as far as I know. You could look at the wiki and see when the text was first edited to suggest a separate account. I would do