I'm totally in agreement with Daniel, especially that it creates a hostile community
On Aug 30, 2016 6:05 PM, "Pierre Béland" <pierz...@yahoo.fr> wrote: > +1 > > J'invite les autres contributeurs canadiens à indiquer leur accord avec le > message de Daniel. :) > > I invite other canadian OSM contributors to express their agreement with > Daniel message. :) > > > Pierre > > > ------------------------------ > *De :* Begin Daniel <jfd...@hotmail.com> > *À :* James <james2...@gmail.com>; Adam Martin <s.adam.mar...@gmail.com> > *Cc :* Talk-CA OpenStreetMap <talk-ca@openstreetmap.org> > *Envoyé le :* mardi 30 août 2016 17h35 > *Objet :* Re: [Talk-ca] broken forests in eastern Canada > > I have contacted the user that is about/has deleted some changesets > imported from Canvec. I may agree on some of his comments but totally > disagree on the method he is using to make his point. > > I do not know what the DWG will do about this guy but here is the message > I sent him... > Bonjour Nakaner, I understand that you wish the data in OSM being > accurate, well-structured and made according to the rules developed by the > OSM community. However, I would strongly suggest that you discuss your > point with the Canadian community before deleting any changesets. > > Canvec imports are running for more than 6 years and the structure of the > data was discussed with the Canadian OSM community, including OSMF members, > for more than a year. The result is a compromise that used to suit most > members. The rules you are mentioning in the comments you leave where not > even written at that time. > > Most Canadian importers simply keep doing what they used to do years ago. > If you consider they should not, have a discussion with the whole Canadian > community. You will then be able to make your point, make everyone aware of > these rules and understand your concerns. > > You will then be able to build a stronger community, not discourage people > to contribute because they have made errors... > > Daniel > > *From:* James [mailto:james2...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, 30 August, 2016 09:18 > *To:* Adam Martin > *Cc:* Talk-CA OpenStreetMap > *Subject:* Re: [Talk-ca] broken forests in eastern Canada > > He's even going to revert my work: > http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/41776742 > I've forwarded this to the DWG, it's getting rediculous. > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 9:14 AM, Adam Martin <s.adam.mar...@gmail.com> > wrote: > That's a pretty harsh thing to deal with. Imports are difficult and the > time needed to get them right is not a small investment. To have someone > review this work is a valuable service, but I don't think just blanket > reverting due to the violation of one rule is the solution, especially in > context of the lack of data in some of those areas. The CANVEC stuff will > do until surveys or satellite data catches up with those areas. > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 10:35 AM, John Marshall <rps...@gmail.com> wrote: > Andrew, I hear you! I have been trying to add data around unmapped > Northern Communities around James Bay and Nunavut. But after someone revert > some of my work I'm stopping:( > > John > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca > > >
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