<div dir="auto">Wikipedia has had a behavioural guideline like this since almost the beginning with the nickname WP:BITE: Please do not bite the newcomers.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_do_not_bite_the_newcomers">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_do_not_bite_the_newcomers</a><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 4, 2020, 7:25 AM john whelan, <<a href="mailto:jwhelan0112@gmail.com">jwhelan0112@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">These days I'm retired and use my old age pensioner bus pass to grab a free coffee. Often there are strings attached like a group of politicans or journalists etc. floating around.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Today I got cornered by one who had been on the receiving end of a communication from a mapper saying they had made a mistake on their first attempt at mapping.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It was a couple of years ago and the message was a little on the aggressive side. The receiver still remembers it clearly and in their mind OSM was a well this not the place to use those sort of words.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">When you send a message to a mapper you don't know who they are. You are representing OpenStreetMap when you send a message so please put your passion to one side and be gentle with the poor things if only so I can enjoy my free coffee in peace.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I do sympathize, I've come across a lot of suboptimal mapping in my time and mentally expressed exactly the same thoughts that were expressed but I do try to count to ten before sending a polite note that says did you really mean to map this this way? Have you read the wiki here which gives guidance?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">And yes I know those who read this mailing list would always be polite but I couldn't think where else to post it.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks John</div></div>
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