Hi Frederik - Perhaps a poor choice of words on my part. I'm actually less concerned with the "official" guidelines and am curious *which* guidelines are referenced here:
http://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Data_Working_Group states that one of the DWG's tasks is: - Detecting and stopping vandalism and imports that to not comply with guidelines. Can you provide a link to the guidelines the DWG uses? <code>% which guidelines</code> (source code, preferably) Please note that this guidelines on this page ( http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines) are the ones cited by DWG members when they request sysadmins to place blocks on accounts that are importing, but are not import-specific. As for the word "official," it was only a word in the email snippet I forwarded to you. I've included this snippet Clearly, there is some confusion in the community over the matter of which guidelines the DWG uses. (See Pieren's note, where I believe he meant to say, "It is *not* easy to speak on behalf of the community.") I believe the DWG could help reduce this confusion with a little more clarity. It would also help the US import group's efforts to know what they should reference as a baseline for discussion. Thanks, Jeff On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 3:17 AM, Pieren <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Frederik Ramm <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > But at least if you follow the > > guidelines you have proven that you can read and are willing to engage > with > > the community which is a good sign. > > But even when the "community" disagrees with one of the guideline > requirements, like the separate user account in all circumstances, the > DWG will ignore it. So, I find Jeff's statement "DWG's import > guideline" completely true since your message is telling us that the > final word will be in the DWG hands : "following them does not give > you an automatic right to make an import". Most of the requirements > are "common sens", e.g. license compatibility, integration with > existing, interest of the new data. But it is very easy to speak in > the name of the community, even as OSMF board and DWG member. Btw, in > which other system do we find the same person being part of the > legislative, judiciary and executive bodies ? > > Pieren > -- Jeff Meyer Global World History Atlas www.gwhat.org [email protected] 206-676-2347
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