[Talk-GB] 'historic' county boundaries added to the database

[Dave F]

Hi

I see this as a global issue, not restricted to the UK. I could (& 
probably should) have posted originally in the main Talk forum.

There is only one database, I don't see it's within OSM UK's authority 
to make fundamental changes to it.

As I noted previously, many discussions have been had & a decision made.

Cheers
DaveF


On 19/09/2018 10:10, Brian Prangle wrote:
> I've not participated in this debate because I have no strong views 
> either way and no specialist knowledge to contribute. However I don't 
> think a decision has been reached here as there are roughly equal 
> numbers for and against and those  "just commenting" from a thread 
> population of 17 - hardly representative of the UK OSM community.
>
> I'd like to develp Colin's emphasis on process on how we can arrive at 
> a decision and what follows from that decision and ifany of  you see a 
> role for the UK Chapter in all of this
>
> We can have a Loomio vote but I would suggest we set a minimum number 
> of voters for it to be seen as representing the UK community. Might I 
> suggest 60?  I think that's roughly the number of  users editing the 
> map daily.
>
> If the vote is for retaining historic boundaries then we need a 
> volunteer (before the vote!) to document the wiki, taking on board 
> Frederik's comments
> If the vote is for not having them then I suggest a two stage process:
> 1. All new edits get reverted
> 2. A plan is drawn up for retaining all the current data by migrating 
> it to OHM and then deleting it from OSM.  That respects all the hard 
> work by Sean. Again identified before the vote takes place! (Might I 
> suggest that those complaining loudest consider stepping forward to do 
> this?)
>
> If we can't get volunteers for these processes then I suggest a vote 
> is not worthwhile
>
> Regards
>
> Brian
>
> On Tue, 18 Sep 2018 at 22:53, Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com 
> <mailto:61sundowner at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 27/08/18 06:05, Martin Wynne wrote:
>     >> I don't think it's for those who have mapped something in OSM to
>     >> demonstrate majority support for its retention. I think it is
>     for those
>     >> seeking to have others' contributions removed to demonstrate a
>     clear
>     >> consensus in favour of deletion.
>     >
>     > Should this consensus be among OSM mappers or OSM users?
>     >
>     >
>
>
>     OSM users can easily remove stuff in there pre filtering of OSM
>     data. So
>     it is not an issue for them.
>
>
>
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