On Monday 04 November 2013, Jason Remillard wrote: > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines > > The actual expectations for imports are firmer than what is suggested > by the wiki page. The goal is to catch the wiki page up with the > actual current expectations... > > Stop calling it the "Guidelines" start calling it the "Policy". Its > our policy. If its ignored, everybody is going to be upset about > it....
This policy already exists and is described on http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edit_Policy This, the page you talk about and http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Automated_Edits_code_of_conduct are overlapping signicicantly and none of them is written in a way really suited as an instruction for doing an import. IMO the question of what is required and what is just recommended is not as important as having clear instructions to those who want to do an import. People are usually willing to follow guidelines if they are written in a clear and understandable way even if they are not absolutely binding. The checklist on that page is a good start but should probably include links to examples for people to learn from and to the various background information that is currently scattered across all these pages. Empty templates like http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Plan_Outline are less useful. Also keep in mind that it might seem clear to long term mappers what things like 'revert plan' and 'changeset size policy' are but need to be explained in a practically useful set of instructions (at best with links to examples of good practice). -- Christoph Hormann http://www.imagico.de/ _______________________________________________ Imports mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports
