<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Greg and others,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Following the official procedure for proposing a new tag (<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposal_process" class="">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposal_process</a>) I created that wiki page a few days ago, and now I've sent an email to the tagging list, to officially solicit feedback. <a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2016-March/028966.html" class="">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2016-March/028966.html</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks everyone for your strong but sincere criticism so far. In the thread here on talk-us, I explained _what_ we were trying to do, but I didn't explain very much about our rationale: _why_ we think this is an important idea. The wiki proposal explains that a little bit better, as does my email to the tagging list.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I know that there are a wide range of opinions within OSM, but I want to make it clear that we don't think we were "breaking" OSM data for anybody. We were applying the knowledge of local, on-the-ground experts in order to better describe the world within the free-form tagging system that exists within OSM. Remember that there are no hard and fast rules within OSM, only informal standards and common practices. Please also note that the official proposal process does not require anyone to have a new tag approved before they start using it. Also see: <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Any_tags_you_like" class="">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Any_tags_you_like</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">For now, I'm happy that Paul retagged the ways in question as highway=path, access=no. That's a fine compromise until we've gone through the RFC process for the new tag, and had an up or down vote. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Looking forward to the rest of the discussion,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Alan McConchie</div><div class="">Stamen Design</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 25, 2016, at 3:36 PM, Greg Troxel <<a href="mailto:gdt@ir.bbn.com" class="">gdt@ir.bbn.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><br class="">There seems to be some wiki-agitation going on about a "proposed tag" of<br class="">social path. Perhaps everyone who is opposed might want to look and<br class="">register opposition, unless they are more opposed to wikifiddling than<br class="">to this tag :-)<br class=""><br class=""><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Social_path" class="">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Social_path</a><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Talk-us mailing list<br class="">Talk-us@openstreetmap.org<br class="">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us<br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>