[Talk-us] Cam4rd98 just doesn't get it

[stevea]

Bryce Nesbitt writes:
>Again, all I see is a well meaning user who very clearly is not yet 
>absorbed OSM culture.
>There is no belligerence, just a bit of confusion.

It is easy to slip into misunderstanding.  Perhaps such gaffes can be 
chalked up to a sort of culture clash.  These usually end being minor 
affairs, quickly gotten over after some confusion removal.  Dialog, 
instruction, consensus, collaboration...these and more are truly 
important.

>If this particular user wants to map planned and under-construction 
>features (and clearly he or she does), there's a way to bring that 
>energy into OSM and make it productive.

OSM is used today to posit proposed features of present and future 
infrastructure.  The networks (road, bicycle, hiking...) and tools 
allow and encourage exactly this, allowing very public discourse to 
thrive.

In a sense, OSM is a matrix in which we live:  today's incredible 
plastic map.  With colored lines and little POIs it describes a 
version of the world around us.  With dashed lines, it shows what is 
under construction as well as what is under consideration.  OSM is a 
form of public discourse, with the map the conversation. 
Conversations are dialogs, "multi-logs," not monologues.  This map 
and conversation are evolving right now.

OSM has a peer review process in place right now.  It is called 
"watch the map, help it evolve, grow it as you can, if somebody does 
something odd/wrong/different, dialog with them."  And then, take it 
from there.

We're all grown ups here.

SteveA
California