[Talk-GB] RFC-3 Mechanical edit: UK Shop Names

Dan S danstowell+osm at gmail.com
Thu Dec 18 10:48:54 UTC 2014


2014-12-18 10:39 GMT+00:00 SomeoneElse <lists at atownsend.org.uk>:
> On 18/12/2014 02:10, Matthijs Melissen wrote:
>>
>> If you oppose this proposal, or if you want to register particular
>> areas or objects for an opt-out, please edit the wiki page under the
>> section 'Oppositions and opt-out'.
>
>
> At the risk of restating the obvious,
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edit_Policy must still be
> followed, including the bit where it says "You must not go ahead with your
> plans if there is noticeable opposition".
>
> So this particular proposal is not "opt out".  If there is "noticeable
> opposition", then it shouldn't go ahead.

Andy,

The Mechanical Edit Policy, which you just linked us to, quite clearly
says Matthijs must provide "Information on how to "opt out"". It says
it in two places. So I think Matthijs is doing the right thing here -
if he did NOT provide opt-out information, he would be violating the
policy!

Best
Dan



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