<div dir="ltr"><div>As you describe it, all of the decision making in OSM Wiki was for nothing. OSM Wiki was not written by individuals but by the community. OpenStreetmap doesn't need more rules, but new features that attract more contributors.</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Am Mo., 11. Jan. 2021 um 21:31 Uhr schrieb Philippe Verdy <<a href="mailto:verdyp@gmail.com" target="_blank">verdyp@gmail.com</a>>:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le lun. 11 janv. 2021 à 21:21, Johann Haag <<a href="mailto:johannhaag@hxg.at" target="_blank">johannhaag@hxg.at</a>> a écrit :<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Instead of pointing out local groups to OSM Wiki, granting their own interpretations and their own administration rights, then this does not make OpenStreetMap better, but we split OpenStreetMap into small kingdoms. Local contributors are then no longer part of a global community, but subordinates of local kings.</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yes but multiple "kings', so users have choices, and the kings will need to cooperate. This means no more one "king", only many "princes", and less centralization in one kingdom where finally only one will rule and will decide on everything without any form of appeal.</div><div><br></div><div>This occurs notably because the OSMF still has non independant mediation with ombudsmen without any privileges to decide, only to review and submit public recommendations; to be really indepenadnt these ombudsmlen also need their own dedicated domain, out of scope of admins in OSMF, the OSMF just publishing a charter that it will respect the work of ombudsmen and will not attempt to block thei work or their public statements to the community).</div><div><br></div></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- </div><div>osm:beautifulplaces<br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Johann Haag/Austria<br></div></div></div></div></div>