On Mon, 2015-03-02 at 17:07 -0800, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: > The current wiki vote guidelines read: > Bryce, I see what you want to achieve but not sure if I agree on the details.
> Consider instead this wording: > There is no firm definition of 'enough' votes. Too subjective ! (Finally, I got to say that on this list!) > ..... A strong proposal will have: > > 8 or more unanimous approval votes. > 16 or more votes, with a supermajority (75%) positive > or abstaining. OK, but puzzled about 'abstaining' votes. If someone voted, its almost always yes or no. Lets not count all possible voters please ! > A history of tagging consistent with the proposal, > from five or more active mappers. This mapping often > starts during the RFC phase, and can be very helpful > in refining the proposed tagging. Going to be very difficult to document, to establish the facts. Great idea to encourage but to make a proposal dependant on it..... > > With OSM's open tagging policy you need not wait for the wiki > to start tagging. The wiki is not a collection of 'rules', > and mappers and rendering services are free to ignore your > proposal Indeed, but more emphasis is needed on the impact of others ignoring your impromptu tags. Truth is, tagging effort is wasted if it is ignored. As I have said before, you can make up new words when speaking to someone, but unless you agree on their meaning, you won't be understood. David _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
