[Talk-GB] Discussion of Mechanical Edits

Andrew Hain andrewhainosm at hotmail.co.uk
Thu Dec 18 23:27:59 UTC 2014


Andy Allan <gravitystorm at ...> writes:

> 
> This mailing list appears to be having some sort of immune-response
> over-reaction. We don't like mechanical edits in general. Fine.
> Therefore every mechanical edit must be fought against, to the bitter
> end. That's an over-reaction.
> 
> No, that can't work any more. If we're going to build a successful
> community here in the UK then we need to cope with thousands of people
> having their own opinion, not just "no consensus" among a few dozen
> people on this list. Having every sensible plan derailed by
> "noticeable opposition" is not a scalable policy either. This concept
> of regional "opt-outs" is also badly thought through, since nobody is
> "in charge" of a particular area (no matter how much they might strut
> around on the lists) and encouraging people to self-appoint as having
> area-based vetoes builds the opposite of the community that we're
> trying to build.
> 
> I'd like to encourage everyone to step back, and think of a better way
> to organize ourselves. This isn't it.
> 
> Thanks,
> Andy

Thank you Andy.

I will repeat on this list what I said in conversation yesterday in a
different context: OSM must be protected against any norm within OSM (to the
extent that discussing bulk edits is a norm) being misused for disruptive ends.

--
Andrew




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