Hey Christoph, you make a good point, and I apologize for the flippant subject line. I realize that changing “Senseless sidewalks” to “Senseless Germans” distracts from the overall point that I was trying to make. In truth, most sidewalks are fine and most Germans are sensible people.
That said - Frederik’s message made me really angry. I’m still pretty upset about it. To your analogy, I’d never go on talk-de and threaten to revert the work of some students in Germany just because they didn’t connect some lines. We all know that the connections can be added quickly with the tools that we have. It’s not ok to threaten mappers with a revert that way, and I'll continue to defend our growing OpenStreetMap community here in the US against bullies like Frederik. Thanks, Bryan > On Jul 25, 2018, at 12:57 PM, Christoph Hormann <o...@imagico.de> wrote: > > > I am somewhat amazed by the fact that hardly anyone from the US > community (where a lot of mappers routinely map abroad and should be > able to empathize with Frederik being concerned about an area where he > has no first hand knowledge of) seems to find it necessary to speak up > against this. I cannot imagine someone coming to talk-de, getting > a "Senseless Americans" in reply and this not being immediately > rejected by many others - no matter how inappropriate or unfunded the > original message might have been. > > This is talk-us of course so you are free to be as hostile and > dismissive towards Germans here as you like. Still i am watching the > discussion with some bewilderment because in large parts (and in > particular in statements from representatives of OSM US) it contrasts > quite sharply with what i am used to in terms of American culture and > communication styles. > > What saddens me is that those with constructive and reflective > commentary (Rihards and Kevin) get caught in the rage against > the "Senseless Germans". > > Side note: I also have my doubts if Bryan's German colleagues at work > appreciate this kind of remark. > > -- > Christoph Hormann > http://www.imagico.de/ > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
