[Imports] Imports Review

[Pavel Machek]

On Tue 2016-03-15 18:51:30, Christoph Hormann wrote:
> On Tuesday 15 March 2016, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> >
> > Also, proponents of an import often say things like "this is going to
> > encourage community participation in the local area" etc., but does
> > it? Nobody ever bothers to check.
> >
> > It would be great if we had a process by which we would review
> > imports *after* the fact and perhaps even a few years later, to judge
> > what went well and what didn't, to learn from mistakes, or in extreme
> > cases perhaps even revert the whole thing when it turns out that it
> > didn't work out or that promises made during the initial discussion
> > were not kept.
> 
> Some time ago i had a look at the current import guidelines to see what 
> could be improved for the purpose of ensuring better results.  My 
> motivation was that while most mappers think that imports can have 
> value most also agree that the current import procedure is not really 
> working that well (see for example the statements in that direction in 
> the last OSMF board election Q&A).
> 
> Ultimately i did not get very far in that direction because it quickly 
> occured to me that effective changes in the import procedure would 
> mostly mean adding bureaucracy and even if done in a well-meaning way 
> this would probably primarily mean making life more difficult for

Imports are already too hard. Please don't make it any worse.

Best regards,
								Pavel
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