Most of the important stuff has been said already, so I'm just replying because I feel like I have to, since I'm running for the OSMF board [1] on a platform partly about "let's try and keep things fun, shall we?" [2].
Some observations : - while the Weekly did make a bit of a harsh statement, I've been surprised before about how people "who call out" others seem to feel like they can be as harsh as they want to. - the OSM weekly is constantly calling for help. If you don't like what they're saying, change what they're saying. In some cases, the "do it yourself philosophy" can feel like a hollow slogan - how are you going to make a pull request to the standard map style if you're not a programmer? In this case, all that is needed is time and motivation - I do agree that this quote was a bit poorly worded. It's hard to get the point across in so few words (which is also why we shouldn't try and have discussions on Twitter). It doesn't help that it was worded as "people are saying", but then the last part of the sentence seems more like their own opinion. It would probably have been more useful to state that the proposal was controversial, coming from someone with a history of controversy, and just point to one of the messages that tried to explain why. In fact, the enormous size of messages related to this whole topic, means that it would benefit from one or more opinion pieces outlining the conflict and its background. But investigative journalism is hardly something we can expect from the Weekly. I would in fact very much like the Weekly team to write more editorial stuff. That would allow them to clearly voice an opinion, and separate it more from the "real news". That said, if you write such an editorial piece, it will probably make the Weekly. -Criticism is often hard to receive, especially about things you do as volunteer. Even if people do misguided things, they did them because they believed they were doing right. And with some guidance, the next thing they do could be great. Anyone in the OSM ecosystem should be able to take some criticism, it comes with the diversity of opinion. But I feel like we have "survival of the thickest skin". I really appreciate the people in this thread asking for attention to being more sensitive about that. It shouldn't end in bland self-censorship, but I do feel like many of us could learn a thing or two about non-violent communication. Joost 1: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM17/Election_to_Board (all it takes is being a member and adding yourself to that wiki page!) 2: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/joost%20schouppe/diary/42720
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