[OSM-talk] Proliferation of path vs. footway

[John Smith]

--- On Mon, 10/8/09, Alex L. Mauer <hawke at hawkesnest.net> wrote:
> OK, but how does that mean it was "forced"?  No one
> was (or is) held at
> gunpoint and ordered to use highway=path.  We followed
> the standard,
> documented procedure for adding a tag to the wiki.  We
> did nothing
> nefarious to stuff the votes (at least I didn't, and I am
> not aware of
> any sock-puppets or anything like that)

Forced is probably the wrong word, gamed the system is what I would have said.

If there is over 100,000 accounts and at least 1% of them actively map and have actively mapped for over 1 year 30 or 40 votes compared to a possible 1000 participants isn't a very indicative outcome.

The current system is flawed when it comes to making decisions on complex issues, this is why democracies aren't democracies, nothing would ever be decided if everyone had a vote on everything. Instead we have republics where a few are elected or nominated to make the decisions.