[OSM-talk] Proliferation of path vs. footway
Tobias Knerr
osm at tobias-knerr.de
Tue Aug 11 12:45:46 BST 2009
David Earl wrote:
>> Why didn't all those people who
>> apparently hate "path" vote against it?
>
> (a) because not everyone has the luxury of following all this with the
> hundreds of emails a day and all.
>
> (b) because many people just ignore the voting system as it has no
> official status, and do their own thing. The map renderers generally
> have more influence on what tags are used IMO than any amount of voting.
The people I'm talking about are those who complain about the result of
the voting on "path" on this very mailing list. Apparently, they
(a) follow this mailing list with the hundreds of emails a day
(b) care about the voting result in a way (they don't complain about the
fact that highway=path is being rendered, do they?)
The proposal concept requires that people who find problems with a
proposal voice their opinion. It's everybody's right to refuse
participation. But I don't think it's good style to use the problems
resulting from that refusal as a proof that that process cannot work.
Tobias Knerr
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