<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp9ae25bc4yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div><br></div></div></div><div id="ydpc5f9c25yahoo_quoted_1527644632" class="ydpc5f9c25yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div dir="ltr">>Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 10:59:59 -0500<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">>From: Jmapb <<a href="mailto:jmapb@gmx.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">jmapb@gmx.com</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">>To: Paul Allen <<a href="mailto:pla16021@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pla16021@gmail.com</a>>, "Tag discussion, strategy and<br></div><div dir="ltr">> related tools" <<a href="mailto:tagging@openstreetmap.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tagging@openstreetmap.org</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">>Subject: Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - give box<br></div><div dir="ltr">>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:1f291f4c-ccbf-34eb-99de-d1fa69570ba5@gmx.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">1f291f4c-ccbf-34eb-99de-d1fa69570ba5@gmx.com</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">>On 2/6/2020 10:47 AM, Paul Allen wrote:<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> And if they wanted to comment but not vote they'd add their comment to the<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> talk page instead. Right?<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">>Absolutely! If that's what the instructions said. But they clearly say<br></div><div dir="ltr">>that if you do want to comment, but you don't want to vote, then choose<br></div><div dir="ltr">>"abstain."<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">>J<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div>"abstain /əbˈsteɪn/</div><div>verb</div><div><br></div><div>1. restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something:</div><div>"she intends to abstain from sex before marriage"</div><div><br></div><div>2. formally decline to vote either for or against a proposal or motion:</div><div>"forty-one voted with the Opposition, and some sixty more abstained"</div><div>synonyms</div><div>not vote, decline/refuse to vote, informal:sit on the fence</div><div>antonyms</div><div>vote</div><div><br></div><div>Powered by Oxford Dictionaries"</div></div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">So an abstention is NOT a vote</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Peter</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div class="ydpc2c60b87pasted-link"><div class="ydpc2c60b87compText ydpc2c60b87fz-2xs ydpc2c60b87fc-13th ydpc2c60b87ta-r ydpc2c60b87mb-4 ydpc2c60b87p-rel ydpc2c60b87r-0" style="margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; font-size: 11px; text-align: right; position: relative; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br></p></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div>
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