<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 6 Feb 2019 at 06:50, Kevin Kenny <<a href="mailto:kevin.b.kenny@gmail.com">kevin.b.kenny@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
This is a scenario in which, as far as I can tell, Mary and Mike have<br>
done everything right, but the community has failed them. Which of<br>
these likely outcomes is the 'least worst'?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Thanks Kevin, unfortunately you've summed up fairly well the way that things frequently seem to happen. :-( </div><div><br></div><div>There will also, though, usually be a couple of lonely little voices who support the (quite good) proposal & make constructive suggestions to change it from "alpha=betas are found in trees" to "usually found in trees, but can be found in caves"; while someone else points out that alpha=charlies are often found in close proximity. Unfortunately, these supporting, on topic, comments are usually drowned out in the arguments over Greek spelling.</div><div><br></div><div>What concerns me a bit, is that there are 750000+ OSM mappers, which is great! But it would seem that there are only ~50 (? - someone would know) members of "Tagging", with only ~20 of those being active (which I would call contributing to list discussions more than once a week). So 20 of us are deciding which tags 750000 mappers should use, & pretty well have the vote of life or death to new proposals!</div><div><br></div><div>I know the list is open for anyone to subscribe to, & join in discussions as they see fit, but I'd think that a lot of newbie mappers would have a read of the occasionally strident, & sometimes scathing, comments made towards proposals here & think, Woah, I'm not going in there! :-(</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
We have a formal rule of "any tags you like", but apparently we're<br>
converging on a _de facto_ rule of "ask permission before applying any<br>
tag unless you see that it was the subject of a previously approved<br>
proposal." Is that the rule we want?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>No, it's not</div><div><br></div>Thanks<div><br></div><div>Graeme</div></div></div>