[Tagging] aeroway=spaceport, aeroway=launchpad, aeroway=landingpad

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

On 05/03/2017 07:39 PM, Thilo Haug OSM wrote:
> I think we will discourage a bunch of potentially interested
> contributors to add anything
> if some request a discussion / proposal ("doctorate") for every slight
> adjustment/documentation update.

On the other hand, if we allow anyone with little OSM experience who is
"potentially interested" to re-arrange documentation for well
established tags (that the person didn't know about because of their
lack of experience), that would then only contribute to the sentiment
that the Wiki is rubbish anyway and should not be taken seriously.

(quoting "Karora"):
> Meanwhile the wiki has
> perfectly adequate features around watchlists and discussion pages that
> don't require me to parse all that noise just to hear the one
> conversation that I am interested in. 

The idea that wiki discussions could somehow replace mailing lists
usually comes from people who have a strong Wikipedia background where
this is common practice; it isn't so in OSM. Many active mappers don't
even have a wiki account.

As long as you edit the wiki to describe what obviously is common
practice in OSM, you're doing an useful job and you're unlikely to meet
criticism. If you get too bold and start documenting what you think
*should* be done (i.e. bring your own normative ideas into play), things
become more difficult and you need to tread carefully. "Nobody said
anything against my edit when I proposed it on the wiki talk page" is
not a carte blanche in OSM.

Bye
Frederik

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