[OSM-talk] THIS is the kind of enthusiasm some would reject

[moltonel]

On 12 September 2015 20:02:31 GMT+01:00, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>On 09/12/2015 08:16 PM, Colin Smale wrote:
>> Respect to Russ for standing up for his principles in the face of all
>> this bullying.
>
>Well, to be fair, what you call "bullying" is mostly people standing up
>for their principles.
>
>> Why are
>> "former railway lines" which are no longer immediately evident on the
>> ground forbidden so vehemently in OSM when so many other artefacts
>from
>> the past are not? Old_name, Roman roads, closed pubs, end_date, etc
>etc.

I had been drafting a proper answer in my head, but Frederik did a better job than me (not just on the part I'm quoting here, on the whole email).

Still, I'd like to add one reason: none of the other tags you mentioned have such a vehement, uncompromising, relentless champion defending them, reigniting the debate and prompting the same vehement replies each time.

If for example the cherrished practice was end_date=* instead of railway=dismantled,  you'd probably get similar flamewars.
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Vincent Dp