[OSM-talk] Import guidelines & OSMF/DWG governance

[guillaume]

Hi,

I'm in the same case of Vincent Pottier

except I has blocked without disscusion, by a very autoritative "admin"


my fault : I've not create a decated account for importing localized area .

But I've read the french wiki !
But I've read the import guideline ( it's not a massive import) !
But I've also talked to the french community before (and after)!


The chance :
  - I understand English ! (a little)
  - I don't stop mapping because OSM is an very important projet to my eyes.
  - I take time to alert you.


How react an non speeking English contributor who was blocked by an "administror" with an English message ?
He stop contribuing !!!
This is the goal of autoritative non loaclized blocking ?


Is the OSM communoty too small to have local administrator ?

Local administrator :

1 - They can speek the same langage has the contributor
2 - They know particularity negociated rules ( like import of the french  cadastre)
3 - They are lessarrogant

My 2 cents

Guillaume D.
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Le 18/09/2012 13:51, Martin Koppenhoefer a écrit :
>>
>>
>>/I'd put it like this: someone who didn't respect the import guidelines
//  valid for  almost one year was temporarily blocked. What's the
/>/  problem? That's what the DWG is for.
/>/
/
>/  how many have spoken up against it? I'd expect from every mapper who
/>/  wants to import something to read the current import guidelines and to
/>/  act accordingly.
/>/
/"current" ? Is it a joke ?

I've started integrating buildings from the French cadastre more thant
one year ago. I had read the guidelines long before, when a second
account was a recommandation. And talking with the French community, I
agreed with the fact that it did not applyed in this case... so I
starded uploading buildings...

I've never heard any announce about changes, nor discussions about
possible changes, nor... in the guidelines. And I'm not so skillfull in
English to go often on this page and re-read it if not necessary. And I
think I'm not the only one on the Earth.

So I am integrating buildings from Cadastre for years... Long before the
guidelines were changed... Maybe I should be bloked...

Now that I (and not only me) know that the guidelines are subjects of
arbitrary changes without a wide announce, I would read this page each
time before i'm importing a postbox from opendata ?

Tell me it's a joke !
--
FrViPofm

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