> > My criticisms are based purely on his inability to communicate clearly.
Dave, As you say, you know nothing personally of this man, and yet you have discerned he is unable to communicate? Saman is not above criticism. However, we, as a community, are above sweeping statements such as the ones you have made. Constructive feedback is a vital part of progress, but please be more considerate of your fellow community members who are working hard to make OpenStreetMap.org a more useful tool for everyone when you disparage not just their work, but them personally. In addition, if you are going to take this route, please be sure to focus your responses on ideas and products put forth, and do not make character attacks. Having watched a video of a presentation does not entitle you or anyone to point out a person's "failings". On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 9:08 PM, Dave F. <dave...@madasafish.com> wrote: > Hello Tom > > I reject & mildly resent your criticism that I made an ad hominem attack. > I know nothing personally of this man. My criticisms are based purely on > his inability to communicate clearly. As the primary reason for his lecture > was to explain the new layout I feel perfectly entitled to point out his > failings. > > > http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/**ad-hominem<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ad-hominem> > > You appear to believe that as he has "emotions", he is above criticism. > Strange. > > Dave F. > > > On 21/07/2013 01:42, Tom MacWright wrote: > >> Hi Dave, >> >> Please be civil, we're all trying our best to be nice and make progress >> here. It's inappropriate to start ad-hominem attacking developers, >> especially in the case of Saman - who is in fact a designer, not to mention >> a real person, in the real world, with actual emotions. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Tom >> >> >> > > ______________________________**_________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.**org/listinfo/talk<http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk> >
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