Re: [OSM-talk] Survey on the OSM Wiki

2013-06-25 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Pieren wrote: > You cannot say that. Give me an example where the editors decided > how to tag features in the past. Two off the top of my head: 1. Potlatch popularised the use of a certain set of values for the surface= tag. 2. http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=designation+talk-fr+site%3Alists.o

Re: [OSM-talk] Survey on the OSM Wiki

2013-06-25 Thread colliar
On 25.06.2013 21:35, Peter Wendorff wrote: > Am 25.06.2013 19:57, schrieb Mulone Moligiangi: >> On 25/06/2013 17:22, Jonathan Bennett wrote: >>> * What are you hoping to show with this survey? What use do you see this >>> information being to the OSM community, and will they see the results? >> I'm

Re: [OSM-talk] Survey on the OSM Wiki

2013-06-25 Thread colliar
On 25.06.2013 21:58, Pieren wrote: > On 25/06/2013 17:22, Jonathan Bennett wrote: >> Sorry to be so harsh > > It's not the first time we welcome researchers on this list in such a > bad mood (not necessarily you Jonathan). It's childish. You could > start by explaining that the tagging process is

[OSM-talk] Survey on the OSM Wiki

2013-06-25 Thread john whelan
There are different approaches to surveys and loosely-worded questions or open ended questions are one legitimate approach. OSM suffers from a huge turnover or drop out rate of active mappers perhaps the survey may help identify ways to help retention. We've already identified that what is in the

Re: [OSM-talk] Survey on the OSM Wiki

2013-06-25 Thread Pieren
On 25/06/2013 17:22, Jonathan Bennett wrote: > Sorry to be so harsh It's not the first time we welcome researchers on this list in such a bad mood (not necessarily you Jonathan). It's childish. You could start by explaining that the tagging process is complex, is not only happening on the wiki, th

Re: [OSM-talk] Survey on the OSM Wiki

2013-06-25 Thread colliar
On 25.06.2013 18:22, Jonathan Bennett wrote: > On 25/06/2013 16:48, Mulone Moligiangi wrote: > However, there are plenty of other things that perhaps you should > explain: > > * Are you "Mulone Moligiangi" or "Andrea Ballatore"? > * Which institution do you work for? You say you're doing academic

Re: [OSM-talk] Survey on the OSM Wiki

2013-06-25 Thread Peter Wendorff
Am 25.06.2013 19:57, schrieb Mulone Moligiangi: > On 25/06/2013 17:22, Jonathan Bennett wrote: >> * What are you hoping to show with this survey? What use do you see this >> information being to the OSM community, and will they see the results? > I'm working on the tagging process, trying to unders

Re: [OSM-talk] Survey on the OSM Wiki

2013-06-25 Thread Serge Wroclawski
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Mulone Moligiangi wrote: > I'm working on the tagging process, trying to understand how it works on the > wiki and how people reach consensus on difficult issues. The OSM community > will see the results in academic articles. How it works *on the wiki*, or how i

Re: [OSM-talk] Survey on the OSM Wiki

2013-06-25 Thread Mulone Moligiangi
On 25/06/2013 17:22, Jonathan Bennett wrote: > On 25/06/2013 16:48, Mulone Moligiangi wrote: >> (Apologies for cross-posting) >> >> Since you don't appear to have cross-posted, I wonder why you're >> apologising for it. I posted this on the OSM forum too, this is why I'm apologising. I will also c

Re: [OSM-talk] Survey on the OSM Wiki

2013-06-25 Thread Jonathan Bennett
On 25/06/2013 16:48, Mulone Moligiangi wrote: > (Apologies for cross-posting) Since you don't appear to have cross-posted, I wonder why you're apologising for it. However, there are plenty of other things that perhaps you should explain: * Are you "Mulone Moligiangi" or "Andrea Ballatore"? * Whic

[OSM-talk] Survey on the OSM Wiki

2013-06-25 Thread Mulone Moligiangi
(Apologies for cross-posting) Hi all, I am conducting academic research on how the OpenStreetMap vocabulary of tags and keys evolved. For this reason, I am analysing the OSM Wiki website (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Main_Page). It would be very helpful if you could answer some of these q