<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2015-03-18 14:14 GMT+01:00 moltonel 3x Combo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:moltonel@gmail.com" target="_blank">moltonel@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 18/03/2015, Frederik Ramm <<a href="mailto:frederik@remote.org">frederik@remote.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> So please, don't go over board here by trying to force-involve every<br>
> mapper in tag votes; they're simply not important enough, and they<br>
> *should not be*. Don't try to make them important, lasting, or binding.<br>
<br>
+1 to all that. While I think that "voting" is very usefull, I think<br>
the whole concept of "accepting" a proposal (all the related arguments<br>
about voter thresholds) should be scraped entirely.<br>
<br>
Instead, how about revisiting the purpose of proposals pages vs key/tag pages :<br>
* key/tag pages would document the actual use (mainly observed via taginfo)<br>
* proposal pages would document a desired use (and include the current<br>
list of supporters/opponents)<br>
* ideally both pages would reference each other (many to many), maybe<br>
using a "used/encouraged/discouraged by <link>" template<br>
* key/tag pages could be kept up to date fairly objectively<br>
* proposal voters should put the page on their watchlist, in case a<br>
change in the proposal changes their opinion<br>
* proposals should only be "end-of-lifed" if there is near-unanimous<br>
opposition and near-zero actual usage<br>
<br>
This should clarify the old question of whether the wiki does/should<br>
document usage or intent. It'll allow competing proposals to coexist<br>
more visibly. It keeps the interesting "opinion poll" use of voting,<br>
while removing the obnoxious "proposal is ready ! vote now so that we<br>
can start using it !" calls.<br></blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Very good ideas and it would bring the original intention of OSM back into the play: the numbers count and not the two-and-a-half people putting a line starting with "yes" somewhere in the wiki.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Full support for this at least from my side.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">br,<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Martin<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div></div>