[OSM-talk] Move tagging RfCs/voting to extra list?

[Jo]

>     I usually agree with everything Frederick says, which saves me a lot
>     of time not writing to the list, but this time politely
>     disagree.  I'd say hold off for several months at least.  The formal
>     conversation carries on the Wiki page anyway, why have the headache
>     of another list and formal administration?
>
>     - Tagging is still relatively immature and still goes off in
>     unexpected directions which impact how and where OSM develops.  It is
>     therefore an important part of the general buzz of OSM and therefore
>     belongs on the main list.
>
>     - Announcing RfCs/voting on the main list has really breathed life
>     into getting the effort of getting a progressively coherent,
>     harmonious global core tag set that is at least partially
>     understandable in different countries.
>
>     - It has been good to get at least the occasional involvement of
>     folks outside the 5 or 6 (?) hardcore.
>
>     - The volume is not that high surely. In any case, it is artificially
>     high at the moment as Robin tries to clear the backlog.
>
>     - If you are not interested in the specifics,  hit delete - the
>     Subject carries the gist and the general message is usefully made.
>
>
>
> I understand the hassle of creating a new list or doing the weekly 
> round-up, and all the downsides of people not getting as involved etc.
>
> Can I suggest a compromise for the moment?
> What about if people starting the threads could include something 
> obvious in the subject which would enable people to filter them out 
> easily? I have a bunch of rules on my google filter to separate these 
> mails out, but they're not very effective because there is no clear 
> structure to the subject.
> I'd suggest something like:
> "[tagging] vote open for *****"
>
> Ulf has already been including [vote] and [RFC] in mail subjects, it 
> would be nice to get something like this more ingrained.
>
> There isn't actually a lot of traffic from these mails, but they do 
> cause a relatively massive number of threads which tends to drown out 
> the rest of the list.
>
> Dave
I agree with both above emails. Moving it to a separate list would be 
counterproductive and the volume of threads will reduce soon enough.

Polyglot