[Osmf-talk] [OSM-talk] Call to Take Action and Confront Systemic Offensive Behavior in the OSM Community

[Johann Haag]

As you describe it, all of the decision making in OSM Wiki was for nothing.
OSM Wiki was not written by individuals but by the community. OpenStreetmap
doesn't need more rules, but new features that attract more contributors.

Am Mo., 11. Jan. 2021 um 21:31 Uhr schrieb Philippe Verdy <verdyp at gmail.com
>:

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>
> Le lun. 11 janv. 2021 à 21:21, Johann Haag <johannhaag at hxg.at> a écrit :
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>> Instead of pointing out local groups to OSM Wiki, granting their own
>> interpretations and their own administration rights, then this does not
>> make OpenStreetMap better, but we split OpenStreetMap into small kingdoms.
>> Local contributors are then no longer part of a global community, but
>> subordinates of local kings.
>>
>
> Yes but multiple "kings', so users have choices, and the kings will need
> to cooperate. This means no more one "king", only many "princes", and less
> centralization in one kingdom where finally only one will rule and will
> decide on everything without any form of appeal.
>
> This occurs notably because the OSMF still has non independant mediation
> with ombudsmen without any privileges to decide, only to review and submit
> public recommendations; to be really indepenadnt these ombudsmlen also need
> their own dedicated domain, out of scope of admins in OSMF, the OSMF just
> publishing a charter that it will respect the work of ombudsmen and will
> not attempt to block thei work or their public statements to the community).
>
>

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