[Tagging] Tag:amenity=motorcycle_taxi not approved

[s8evq]

Of the 8 opposing votes, only 1 has made the effort to comment beforehand on the talk page. The 7 others just came in and voted no, without any discussion beforehand. That doesn't seem correct. It should not be possible to be suddenly faced with this fait accompli. 

On Thu, 7 May 2020 11:49:43 -0700, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com> wrote:

> The voting period closed for amenity=motorcycle_taxi with 11 votes to
> approve and 8 votes in opposition, therefore it is not approved, since the
> 74% majority requirement was not met.
> 
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Tag:amenity%3Dmotorcycle_taxi#Voting
> 
> Opposing voters preferred using amenity=taxi + motorcycle=yes or
> amenity=taxi + taxi=motorcycle
> 
> Surprisingly, at least 2 opposing voters would be willing to use
> amenity=taxi + taxi=submarine or taxi=airplane for a location where you
> could hire a submarine or airplane.
> 
> However, several "yes" voters were strongly opposed to expanding the
> definition of amenity=taxi which currently is limited to taxicabs
> (generally assumed to be 4-wheel motor vehicles in contemporary British
> English).
> 
> So, what's the next step?
> 
> 1) Propose using taxi=motorcar, =motorcycle, =boat, =airplane, and get that
> idea officially rejected (it appears it would be certain to fail), or is
> that a waste of everyone's time?
> 
> 2) Make a proposal to clarify the definition of amenity=taxi as only
> applying to motorcars, then try to propose the tag again?
> 
> 3) Propose amenity=ojek and just hold the vote in the Indonesian community,
> like how the Japanese mapper community proposes locally-relevant
> definitions?
> 
> 4) Give up on mapping things which are not found in western Europe, and
> recognize that this is in practice a project dominated by
> English/German/American culture, which will not accept new ideas which were
> not invented in the West?
> 
> -- Joseph Eisenberg
> _______________________________________________
> Tagging mailing list
> Tagging at openstreetmap.org
> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging