[OSM-talk] A message to our friends at HOT, Peace Corps etc. about Changeset Comments

Paul Johnson baloo at ursamundi.org
Thu Nov 19 10:05:55 UTC 2015


On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 6:52 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Or are we now asking that all mappers on OSM have to be able to read and
> write in English since that is the normal language for communication in OSM
> or is one of the local African languages sufficient.  If it is then I
> assure you I won't be able to understand what it says.


Personally, I'd be satisified with an intelligible changeset comment in any
language, so even if I can't tell what they were thinking, and Google
Translate can't throw me a bone, presumably someone who does have an idea
of the language in question would be able to have some insight.
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