[OSM-talk] The benefits of cross-linking OSM and Wikidata

[Maarten Deen]

On 2020-03-05 15:39, Rory McCann wrote:
> On 05/03/2020 15:25, Sören Reinecke via talk wrote:
>> couldn't we do a vote about that? Would it be possible for the OSMF to
>> maintain and coordinate such a voting.
> 
> Yes, we _could_.
> 
> It would require a 2/3 majority of “active [OSM] contributors”,

"and responds to a request to vote within 3 weeks"

> is (intentionally) a large number (about 250,000 at the time of
> writing).

Which will limit that number of 250.000 substantially, and will in fact 
limit that number to the number of votes you receive.
If 4 people respond and 3 vote in favor, than that counts as a 2/3 
majority as put forward in item 3 of the license.

Regards,
Maarten