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<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Dec 21, 2020, 08:18 by graemefitz1@gmail.com:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" class="" dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks<br></div><div><br></div><div>Graeme<br></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div class=""><div class="" dir="ltr">On Mon, 21 Dec 2020 at 16:44, Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging <<a href="mailto:tagging@openstreetmap.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">tagging@openstreetmap.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class=""><div><div><br></div><div>OSMF board is not spending hours on monitoring wiki pages.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I am spending hours on monitoring wiki pages and noticed it only recently,<br></div><div>and only in a new proposal.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Anyone may edit Wiki and many things are present there because noone<br></div><div>noticed what is written somewhere.<br></div><blockquote style="border-left:1px solid rgb(147,163,184);padding-left:10px;margin-left:5px"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Somebody obviously considers that they should be noted there?<br></div></div></div></blockquote><div>I am not against noting legal restrictions in some countries that may be <br></div><div>dangerous for some mappers. But I am against implying that it is <br></div><div>against OSM rules to map in China or map military bases in Russia/Israel/etc<br></div><div>or that it is unwanted.<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The suggestion was made to me privately that this matter be raised via the Legals list to get an official opinion or ruling, & if it is agreed that it is a requirement, hopefully also an agreed wording for a "warning".<br></div><div><br></div><div>I agree that that is probably the best option, but also consider that it could be left until after the proposal is accepted or not, &, once again, it would be done as part of a clean-up of the military pages.<br></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>At least I will vote against proposal that includes<br></div><div>"As always, if it is illegal in your country to map military establishments, please do not do so!".<br></div><div><br></div><div>I will certainly not demand breaking such law, or expect people to risk it. Especially<br></div><div>as such law is often present in countries where going against government is<br></div><div>especially risky.<br></div><div><br></div><div>But implying that it is also against OSM rules is not acceptable to me.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Mapping military bases in Israel, Russia, mapping anything in China/North Korea<br></div><div>etc should be welcomed in OSM if someone is doing this and wants that.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Though making people aware about risks is a good idea.<br></div> </body>
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