[OSM-talk] OSM Code of Conduct

[Kathleen Danielson]

Hi Frederik,

I think that we can do both, albeit separately.

I agree that our CoC can be similar to other organization's, but I want to
be sure that our CoC doesn't get diluted or overlooked in the process, so I
definitely don't think they should be the same thing.

As strange as it sounds, even just a set of rules saying "be a nice person"
need to be well thought through and can be surprisingly controversial. I'd
rather let them be their own entity and have another document that lays out
mapping guidelines.

Would you object to us pursuing these goals separately? It's not that they
aren't both important, just that I can seem them getting in the way of each
other.

Cheers,
Kathleen


On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 4:13 PM, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On 06/02/2014 07:38 AM, Kathleen Danielson wrote:
> > Simply starting a new thread here to discuss implementing a Code of
> > Conduct in our community
>
> I think we should extend this a bit, and instead of having a "Code of
> Conduct" we shold have a document that says "How to be a good mapper".
> This would include the standard elements of a code of conduct - e.g.
> about courtesy, respect, and methods of conflict resolution - but it
> would also attempt to transport some of our core values.
>
> A pure "Code of Conduct" is mostly interchangeable, and there's no real
> reason why ours would have to be different than anybody else's. What I'd
> like to see is a document that doesn't say "how to be a nice person in
> general" but "how to make a valuable contribution to our common goal".
>
> There are lots of rules, many un-written, that would make sense to
> collect in one place. The old talk about not mapping for the renderer;
> the "on-the-ground rule", the demand for verifiability, or specific
> rules like don't start an edit war, use changeset comments when your
> edits are bound to raise eyebrows, etc; many of these rules are also not
> "hard and fast" but just something that will generally be expected of
> you. It would be probably be very helpful for new mappers to have a
> chance to look at this.
>
> Bye
> Frederik
>
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