<div dir="ltr"><span class="im"><div><div class="gmail_extra"></div></div></span><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote"><div>I would encourage you to
subscribe to the tagging list. I've been on it for some time. The list
has it hot topics which for some months, like this last December,
generated a lot of traffic. Most months have a fair but not unmanageable
amount of traffic.</div></blockquote><div>I have been subscribed for the tagging mailing list for some months before getting out (which was a relief).<br>Yes, it's not every month that it has high traffic, but it's frequently enough for this to become a problem.<br></div><div> <br><div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote">Can you explain how moving to a forum would increase diversity?<br></blockquote></div><div></div><div>I had a small related discussion previously, so I will quote some user comments that I agree with from <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jgpacker/diary/28266#comments">http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jgpacker/diary/28266#comments</a><br><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote">I'd think a forum would attract more people. More people = a wider view =
better outcome. It also encourages more discussion.
The only reason I'm on the talk [:he meant tagging:] list is to be aware of upcoming tag
voting. Some of these fail due to lack of 'yes' votes .. I would like to
see more people voting, even if they are not 'yes'. Some proposed tags
fail to proceed to voting due to side issues eg tag for tap .. failing
to proceed due to potability discussion. That may be more of a problem
with a forum .. but can be deal with by making a new proposal (for taps
.. new tag potability, and taps proceeds onwards).<br>- Warin61<br></blockquote><div><br><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote"><p>[..]You have to understand that for a lot of people this Internet stuff
is not obvious. Formatting in the Wiki is a lot more complicated than in
a Forum. Mailinglists are not as easy to understand as a Froum, even
when they are Forum style and there is no edit button. Not to mention a
lot of people check the Forum daily, any other place you make them look
at will be less frequented. </p>
<strong>The simple reality is if OpenStreetMap wants to integrate new useres, then mailinglists are not an option.</strong> [..] <br>- AndiG88<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Cheers,<br>John <br></div></div></div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2015-01-12 14:53 GMT-02:00 Clifford Snow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:clifford@snowandsnow.us" target="_blank">clifford@snowandsnow.us</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="">On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 8:37 AM, John Packer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john.packer7@gmail.com" target="_blank">john.packer7@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div><div>Due to the growth of the community, usually there is a high traffic of emails of highly specific topics.<br></div>I believe these qualities of diversity of topics and large quantity of messages are not a good fit with a mailing list, resulting in quite an unpleasant experience for subscribers.<br></div>To worse the situation, it's hard if not impossible to comment in an ongoing mail thread if you are not already subscribed to the mailing list (i.e. people might not be able to comment in the few specific topics they are actually interested in).<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>I would encourage you to subscribe to the tagging list. I've been on it for some time. The list has it hot topics which for some months, like this last December, generated a lot of traffic. Most months have a fair but not unmanageable amount of traffic.</div><span class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><br></div>The solution seems to be a move of the discussion of tag definition to a forum platform, which would be a more appropriate place due to the qualities described above. <br></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>Forms vs. mailing lists. Some people like one but not the other. Does anyone like them both? Ideally we would have the best of both on some new tool. But right now it seems to be one or the other. How about starting a tagging forum to see if gets traction. I'm not sure who has admin rights to create new forums, but the talk mailing list would be a good place to start. (And I get the irony of my suggestion.) </div><span class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><br>I think this is important for increasing diversity in the tagging mailing list, because few people can deal with a mailing list like that.<br></div>How can we do this?</blockquote></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div>Can you explain how moving to a forum would increase diversity? </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Thanks,</div><div class="gmail_extra">Clifford<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div>@osm_seattle<br></div><div><a href="http://osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us" target="_blank">osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us</a></div><div>OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch</div></div></div>
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