[Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - change vote counting rules - remove dead rule

[Mateusz Konieczny]

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/change_vote_counting_rules_-_remove_dead_rule

Votes and other feedback are welcomed!

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Rationale, copied from wiki page:

One of barriers for new contributors in various projects (from ones
like OSM to companies and governments and board games) is the official
rules "as written" often mismatch from how rules are actually applied.
This is unwanted if you want to avoid unneeded barriers.

So I propose to modify one rule on Proposal process page to remove
parts that are not actually applied and can be misleading.

Removed part of rule is currently misleading as it is not applied in a
long time (if it ever was done). Removal matches rule description with
how they actually work, making it less confusing for people learning
about the process. Having rules stating one thing and actual practice
working differently is bringing no benefits,

It is also not clear who would decide how the threshold should be
adjusted. Changing threshold resulting changing outcome would be
controversial and is not done, if it was something that was ever done.

And it is not needed since existing use is a factor already considered
by the community during an RFC and vote. People are far more likely to
vote against something deprecating major tags, already in a significant
use or being a big change in some way.

Thus, there is no need for an independent criterion regarding existing
use.
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