[Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - (Fire Hydrant Extensions)

Warin 61sundowner at gmail.com
Tue Oct 17 03:13:58 UTC 2017


On 17-Oct-17 10:00 AM, Dave Swarthout wrote:
> Martin wrote: "You don't have to wait, you can use new tags whenever 
> you want. Just removing existing tags is complicated, adding new ones 
> isn't. *)"
>
> +1
+1 - Indeed it is best to map a few of the new things so as to see how 
it goes for you.

> The entire voting process is non-binding. It's a referendum of the 
> opinions of the few people who read this list, take the trouble to 
> analyze a proposal and finally to vote on it. Achieving consensus is a 
> worthy goal but IMHO is virtually impossible.

The voting process, if 'passed', gives the right to the status 
'approved' - nothing else.

The process of proposal/discussion here should add thoughts and ideas 
for improvement of the proposal.

There is nothing to stop a 'rejected' proposal going ahead to an 
OSMwikipage ... just leave the status off.
Possibly link to the proposal page.

>
> On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 1:14 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer 
> <dieterdreist at gmail.com <mailto:dieterdreist at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
>
>     2017-10-16 19:28 GMT+02:00 Viking <viking81 at tin.it
>     <mailto:viking81 at tin.it>>:
>
>
>         We can't block this proposal any more. In a way or in another
>         we need the new tags as soon as possible.
>
>
>
>
>     You don't have to wait, you can use new tags whenever you want.
>     Just removing existing tags is complicated, adding new ones isn't. *)
>
>     As long as you don't perform automatic / mechanical edits, for
>     which you need to follow the guidelines:
>     https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Automated_edits
>     <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Automated_edits>
>     https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Automated_Edits_code_of_conduct
>     <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Automated_Edits_code_of_conduct>
>     This also covers "use of find-and-replace functionality using a
>     standard editor such as JOSM or finding using services such as
>     Overpass API and changing without reviewing cases individually".
>
>     Cheers,
>     Martin
>
>
>
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