[Talk-de] Potlatch, die Siebenundzwölfigste

[Florian Lohoff]

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 12:52:24PM +0200, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > No, it doesn't. Talking is great (like I say, especially if you talk  
> > to someone who can actually do something), but it's got past that  
> > stage now.
> 
> I think the original poster was not complaining about any particular 
> aspect of "Potlatch the software" that could be improved, even if he 
> were a Flash programmer. I think this is just the umpteenth instance of 
> "we don't want any more newbies in our project ... or at least I don't 
> want them modify MY data".
> 
> Newbies tend to make mistakes and they tend to use Potlatch. It is not 
> Potlatch that induces mistakes.

I dont think anyone wants to exclude newbies - Letting others modify
"my" data is a hard task to actually watch at least when you know better
about the area but thats life - get over it. One has to tell himeself
that this leads to a better map in the end.

I have watched/read some of the other potlatch bashing and i have seen
it happing in the area i feel home too. Potlatch is the right tool for
the right audience - it brings the entry level to a point where my mum
and dad could make good maps. On the other end i think it makes it a
little too easy to trash data - i havent got any real ideas to make it
harder to trash data and easier to create correct new ones - probably we
should get Steve Jobs to look over it :).

Flo
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Florian Lohoff                  flo at rfc822.org             +49-171-2280134
	Those who would give up a little freedom to get a little 
          security shall soon have neither - Benjamin Franklin
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