[Talk-us] GNIS tag removal proposal

Greg Morgan dr.kludge.gm at gmail.com
Sat Aug 24 19:47:23 UTC 2013


On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Ian Dees <ian.dees at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Greg Morgan <dr.kludge.gm at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Serge Wroclawski <emacsen at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I've been looking at the GNIS data and it's quite a mess.
>>>
>>
>>
>> This is a horribly crafted proposal.   You haven't shown your research
>> why but you declare the GNIS tags as a mess.  Your proposal is as good as
>> me declaring that all the wikipedia tags are a mess and that they should be
>> removed.  You don't explain why you are dead set on damaging the map.  OSM
>> advertises itself as a the wiki of maps.  In wikis there is the concept of
>> interlinking of wiki data.  The beauty of providing a link to the Wikipedia
>> is that is shows corroboration of the map data. Further more, it allows
>> people that use the data a way to go to a wiki article and look at more
>> information.  Users of the data have the primary key into another database.
>>
>
> Greg, please watch your language. This is a public forum and we're all
> equals here working to improve the map.
>
> Please refrain from using superlatives like "horrible" and maintain a
> positive discourse so that we can all enjoy our time working on this
> volunteer project.
>
>
I am sorry about that.  I thought that I was trying to make a factual
response.

Regards,
Greg
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