On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 7:13 AM, Frederik Ramm <frede...@remote.org> wrote:
> I think we should extend this a bit, and instead of having a "Code of > Conduct" we shold have a document that says "How to be a good mapper". > This would include the standard elements of a code of conduct - e.g. > about courtesy, respect, and methods of conflict resolution - but it > would also attempt to transport some of our core values. > > A pure "Code of Conduct" is mostly interchangeable, and there's no real > reason why ours would have to be different than anybody else's. What I'd > like to see is a document that doesn't say "how to be a nice person in > general" but "how to make a valuable contribution to our common goal". > > There are lots of rules, many un-written, that would make sense to > collect in one place. The old talk about not mapping for the renderer; > the "on-the-ground rule", the demand for verifiability, or specific > rules like don't start an edit war, use changeset comments when your > edits are bound to raise eyebrows, etc; many of these rules are also not > "hard and fast" but just something that will generally be expected of > you. It would be probably be very helpful for new mappers to have a > chance to look at this. > I don't see why we can't create a mapping Etiquette guide. (I just saw this poster on Gym Etiquette http://lifehacker.com/this-graphic-is-everything-you-need-to-know-about-gym-e-1584088380) Something similar would be great for all new mappers to see when they start editing. But I agree with Kathleen Danielson that the CoC should not be watered down. The CoC is how we are expected to behave. It is a guideline for how we as a community operate and make decisions. The code is not a substitute for best practices, the code is meant to complement our best practices. What the CoC is attempting to accomplish is give us a framework that works in many situation, like ones we know of today, i.e. imports/reverting, etc. but also ones that we haven't even considered. Clifford -- @osm_seattle osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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