[OSM-talk] OSM.org Header Change Proposals

[Kathleen Lu]

Tom, if you're concerned that the discussion has gotten too heated,
perhaps this is the type of issue that should get passed to the newly
formed Software Dispute Resolution Panel?
-Kathleen

On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 4:05 PM Tom Hughes via talk
<talk at openstreetmap.org> wrote:
>
> You explicitly encouraged voting and as has repeatedly been
> said before software design decisions are not made by who can
> get the most people to add a thumbs up emoji.
>
> I haven't been following it in detail but the wiki ticket
> seems to have been pretty heated this week judging by the
> nunber of comments.
>
> The other one I don't think has really been looked at in
> detail yet so I'm not sure why you feel the need to seek a
> crowd of supporters for it.
>
> Tom
>
> On 05/02/2021 23:19, Seth Deegan wrote:
> > I felt the proposal was going to die, so I wanted to extend it's notice
> > to other members of the OSM community.
> >
> > I also realized this might be a larger change, so I should have given
> > notice to more parts of the OSM community in the first place.
> >
> > I disagree with locking discussion. Proposals that ask for significant
> > debatable changes will always foster a lot of conversation (I've seen
> > plenty before).
> >
> > Limiting people's ability to share their opinion on the matter -  the
> > reason why I posted this - is not the answer. The influx in responses
> > will only be temporary.
> >
> > lectrician1 <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Lectrician1>
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 5:03 PM Tom Hughes <tom at compton.nu
> > <mailto:tom at compton.nu>> wrote:
> >
> >     On 05/02/2021 22:32, Seth Deegan wrote:
> >      > I am proposing two changes to the heading on openstreetmap.org
> >     <http://openstreetmap.org>
> >      > <https://openstreetmap.org <https://openstreetmap.org>>:
> >      >
> >      >   * Adding the *Wiki *as a link (a major community resource).
> >     Proposal
> >      >
> >       <https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues/3041 <https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues/3041>>
> >      >   * Removing the *Export *button and moving it's contents to the
> >     *Share*
> >      >     button right of the map (it's barely used by contributors, the
> >      >     primary user base of the website). Proposal
> >      >
> >       <https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues/3040 <https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues/3040>>
> >      >
> >      > Please read/comment/vote /on the issues/ (not here) about what
> >     you think
> >      > of the proposals.
> >
> >     Trying to stoke up a mob is not going to achieve anything.
> >
> >     Please try and understand that not every ticket will produce the
> >     result you want though in this case both tickets are still being
> >     discussed as far as I can see.
> >
> >     I have locked dicussion on both tickets for now until people can
> >     calm down a bit.
> >
> >     Tom
> >
> >     --
> >     Tom Hughes (tom at compton.nu <mailto:tom at compton.nu>)
> >     http://compton.nu/ <http://compton.nu/>
> >
>
>
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