<div dir="ltr">> Don't you think that an accusation without a proof (link to mailing list archive where I can re-read the discussion that happened at that time)<br>makes your claims more substantial?<div><br></div><div>Yes, it would substantiate the claim. It would also increase tensions, so I'm not going to dive into that unless it's absolutely necessary.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 2:43 PM Michael Reichert <<a href="mailto:osm-ml@michreichert.de">osm-ml@michreichert.de</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">Hi Nick,<br>
<br>
Am 23.05.19 um 21:58 schrieb Nick Bolten:<br>
> # My experience with this mailing list:<br>
> - Quick to exasperate.<br>
> - You will be assumed to be coming to the table in bad faith.<br>
> - You will probably be insulted at some point, potentially sworn at.<br>
> - The same 8 or so people respond to posts out of a community of tens of<br>
> thousands of people, companies, non-profits, etc.<br>
> - The odd situation of absolute certainty in completely incompatible<br>
> opinions from those that do respond.<br>
> - Difficult for people to discover. How do we know that the opinions shared<br>
> here are in any way representative of the community, given that so few<br>
> discover + participate in it?<br>
> - Difficult to filter for relevance. Have to set up email filters and/or<br>
> specialized search queries.<br>
> - Zero real synchronization with OSM editors, the only way people add data<br>
> to the map. Blame doled out everywhere, but very little in the way of<br>
> collaboration, no real venue for doing so (see previous bullet points).<br>
> <br>
> Focusing on the idea of being an "arbiter", does that sound like a good way<br>
> to figure out which tags are good/acceptable?<br>
> <br>
> When I was mentoring a group of students a few years ago, several were<br>
> offended by the condescending and insulting responses they received on this<br>
> mailing list, all because they suggested making a coherent way of combining<br>
> existing tags into a pedestrian schema and doing a carefully-vetted import.<br>
> The import was so carefully-vetted that we later realized it wasn't even<br>
> really an import, but this didn't stop there being several insulting<br>
> accusations from several long-term OSMers on these lists. Those students<br>
> were motivated by helping other people and spent literal months attempting<br>
> to gather enough information from underspecified tagging standards and<br>
> would have been put off the community entirely if it weren't for the<br>
> project's momentum and much more productive and friendly interactions with<br>
> local OSMers. I think it's probably a good thing that it's so hard to even<br>
> know that there is a mailing list, as users have a negative experience.<br>
<br>
Your criticism might have some true points and I am happy that is a bit<br>
more elaborated than a simple "mailing lists are bad and a toxic space".<br>
Don't you think that an accusation without a proof (link to mailing list<br>
archive where I can re-read the discussion that happened at that time)<br>
makes your claims more substantial?<br>
<br>
Best regards<br>
<br>
Michael<br>
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