[OSM-talk] OSM.org Header Change Proposals

[Tom Hughes]

The openstreetmap-website project has not opted in to that.

Tom

On 06/02/2021 00:12, Kathleen Lu wrote:
> 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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