Re: [OSM-talk] BDFL Moderation

2010-08-17 Thread Steve Bennett
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 5:07 AM, Alan Mintz alan_mintz+...@earthlink.net wrote: ...Any moderation will be announced to those people I just mentioned, and not publicly. Why not publicly? On balance, it seems better to not call out individuals publicly which might only make things worse and make

Re: [OSM-talk] BDFL Moderation

2010-08-16 Thread John F. Eldredge
, such as this mailing list. ---Original Email--- Subject :Re: [OSM-talk] BDFL Moderation From :mailto:li...@gimnechiske.org Date :Mon Aug 16 01:50:39 America/Chicago 2010 If you can back your claim of conspiracy by some sort of evidence than we can conclude that it is not a theory anymore, independent

Re: [OSM-talk] BDFL Moderation

2010-08-16 Thread Aun Johnsen
. However, I do agree that discussion of conspiracy theories has the potential to swamp a discussion forum, such as this mailing list. ---Original Email--- Subject :Re: [OSM-talk] BDFL Moderation From :mailto:li...@gimnechiske.org Date :Mon Aug 16 01:50:39 America/Chicago 2010 If you

Re: [OSM-talk] BDFL Moderation

2010-08-15 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/8/11 SteveC st...@asklater.com: Specifically, I point to the basics of mailing list etiquette: ...        • No conspiracy theories ... could this be amended by unless there is a real conspiracy? Otherwise our hands might be tied in case there is a conspiracy. cheers, Martin

Re: [OSM-talk] BDFL Moderation

2010-08-15 Thread Pierre-Alain Dorange
M?rtin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: • No conspiracy theories ... could this be amended by unless there is a real conspiracy? Otherwise our hands might be tied in case there is a conspiracy. no conspiracy theories seems clear. A real conspiracy is not a theory.

Re: [OSM-talk] BDFL Moderation

2010-08-15 Thread John F. Eldredge
@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] BDFL Moderation M?rtin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: • No conspiracy theories ... could this be amended by unless there is a real conspiracy? Otherwise our hands might be tied in case there is a conspiracy. no conspiracy theories

Re: [OSM-talk] BDFL Moderation

2010-08-12 Thread TimSC
On 11/08/10 21:56, Liz wrote: There are a list of questions which have not been answered whether on osmf- talk or legal-talk or talk. I also find that is a problem with the mailing list, and when I contact the working groups. No definitive answer is provided, usually the discussion gets

Re: [OSM-talk] BDFL Moderation

2010-08-12 Thread Pierre-Alain Dorange
Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com wrote: So the newbies have chosen to join this mailing list, so they at least have seen the list of mailinglists. Why didn't they join legal? or dev= because they're not interested in those topics, they have enough to do with mapping their village.

Re: [OSM-talk] BDFL Moderation

2010-08-12 Thread Nathan Edgars II
Pierre-Alain Dorange wrote: How data in my village disappeared ? We've used totally legal sources compatible with OSM. I'm one of the most quantity data creator (in my town) and i realesed all my adds/modification as PD... If any of the other people who mapped your village don't agree to

Re: [OSM-talk] BDFL Moderation

2010-08-11 Thread Al Haraka
Steve, On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 2:26 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: I plan only to moderate people (for 24 hours) after taking a poll of key people including Andy Allan, Matt Amos, Katie Filbert, Tom Hughes, Emilie Laffray, Frederik Ramm, Ivan Sanchez, Grant Slater and Richard Weait. If

Re: [OSM-talk] BDFL Moderation

2010-08-11 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-08-11 11:26, SteveC wrote: ...Any moderation will be announced to those people I just mentioned, and not publicly. Why not publicly? On balance, it seems better to not call out individuals publicly which might only make things worse and make them feel more upset, which is not the

Re: [OSM-talk] BDFL Moderation

2010-08-11 Thread Peter Körner
Am 11.08.2010 20:56, schrieb Serge Wroclawski: Several people yesterday mentioned and requested a Code of Conduct. I have a draft of what several of us at OSM US were working on at: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcschwqz_36cgv47g88 This is a draft that was never voted on and needs revision,

Re: [OSM-talk] BDFL Moderation

2010-08-11 Thread Anthony
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 2:26 PM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote:        • If you've made your point already, you don't need to tell us all again Not sure how that's supposed to work. If someone on the list asks a question that's already been asked by someone else and answered, or expresses a

Re: [OSM-talk] BDFL Moderation

2010-08-11 Thread Nathan Edgars II
I think I figured out what's been specifically bugging me about this. When I joined OSM about eight months ago, I knew vaguely that there was a license change process going on, and assumed the OSMF knew what they were doing. (I still think they know, but I now have concerns about what they're

Re: [OSM-talk] BDFL Moderation

2010-08-11 Thread Peter Körner
Am 11.08.2010 21:45, schrieb Nathan Edgars II: So the older folks are getting annoyed with the threads. I admit that I'm starting to get annoyed too. But we have to remember that people are just joining now and don't have the same knowledge that we have. I believe the LWG is doing a great

Re: [OSM-talk] BDFL Moderation

2010-08-11 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Peter Körner osm-li...@mazdermind.de wrote: So the newbies have chosen to join this mailing list, so they at least have seen the list of mailinglists. Why didn't they join legal? or dev= because they're not interested in those topics, they have enough to do with

Re: [OSM-talk] BDFL Moderation

2010-08-11 Thread Frederik Ramm
Steve, SteveC wrote: I plan only to moderate people (for 24 hours) after taking a poll of key people including Andy Allan, Matt Amos, Katie Filbert, Tom Hughes, Emilie Laffray, Frederik Ramm, Ivan Sanchez, Grant Slater and Richard Weait. If you think more than these would be good then let me

Re: [OSM-talk] BDFL Moderation

2010-08-11 Thread Liz
On Thu, 12 Aug 2010, Simon Ward wrote: I see two problems in the threads so far: * The dissenters keep repeating themselves, with the same arguments already discussed to death This doesn’t help with: * The dissenters have some real issues that people keep ignoring or

Re: [OSM-talk] BDFL Moderation

2010-08-11 Thread steve brown
Hey As BFDL, do you still want a Code of Conduct, or does your wiki page suffice? I'm happy to abandon it and get back to coding if it's not needed in the new system of dictatorship (which I support). I've updated it to merge in various changes suggested by people, and especially lots of stuff

Re: [OSM-talk] BDFL Moderation

2010-08-11 Thread Andy Allan
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 11:29 PM, steve brown st...@evolvedlight.co.uk wrote: Hey As BFDL, do you still want a Code of Conduct, or does your wiki page suffice? I'm happy to abandon it and get back to coding if it's not needed in the new system of dictatorship (which I support). I've updated

Re: [OSM-talk] BDFL Moderation

2010-08-11 Thread SteveC
I agree with all Andy said. Steve stevecoast.com On Aug 11, 2010, at 5:05 PM, Andy Allan gravityst...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 11:29 PM, steve brown st...@evolvedlight.co.uk wrote: Hey As BFDL, do you still want a Code of Conduct, or does your wiki page suffice? I'm

Re: [OSM-talk] BDFL Moderation

2010-08-11 Thread Simon Ward
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 12:05:25AM +0100, Andy Allan wrote: self control common sense advice from peers guidelines policies 'official' warnings interventions backstop What we've come to recently is the final five steps have been pretty much non-existent, and things have broken down

Re: [OSM-talk] BDFL Moderation

2010-08-11 Thread Ulf Lamping
Am 11.08.2010 20:26, schrieb SteveC: Despite the discussion resulting from my post yesterday, there continue to be individuals on the talk@ mailing list disrupting the community. Well, who is really disrupting the community?!? People like John Smith with a usually high volume output, or the

Re: [OSM-talk] BDFL Moderation

2010-08-11 Thread Dave F.
On 12/08/2010 00:20, Ulf Lamping wrote: Am 11.08.2010 20:26, schrieb SteveC: Despite the discussion resulting from my post yesterday, there continue to be individuals on the talk@ mailing list disrupting the community. Well, who is really disrupting the community?!? People like John Smith

Re: [OSM-talk] BDFL Moderation

2010-08-11 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 12:48 -0600, SteveC wrote: I agree on the transparency, but like you I'm not sure how to do it thought the way you outline is reasonable. Anyone know how other projects do it? How did subversion do it? most lists where this has been necessary announce the fact on the list