Hi, No, I think it means what it says. Or at least, I think we have treated it that way for a long while.
When there is very low interest (i.e. very few votes) - which is pretty common - then even one dissenting vote is enough to make us step back and think again, whereas if there are enough votes to make "majority approval" a meaningful concept (I admit that 15 is a low number for quorum) then we accept that there will always be some disagreement, and so we use majority rather than unanimity. This is how I interpret it. I'm not saying it's the best rule of thumb out there. I'd say there's no point changing it in small ways - no-one likes the tag voting system, and overhaul would be better than slight tweaks. Anyway, it is only a rule of thumb! Best Dan 2015-03-14 11:24 GMT+00:00 Jan van Bekkum <[email protected]>: > The guideline to determine if a proposal is accepted is > > A rule of thumb for "enough support" is 8 unanimous approval votes or 15 > total votes with a majority approval, but other factors may also be > considered (such as whether a feature is already in use). > > This sounds a bit strange to me: a proposal with 8 approval votes and 1 > decline would be rejected, while one with 8 approval votes and 7 declines > would be accepted. > > I suppose that this is what was intended: > > "enough support" is 8 approval votes on a total of 14 votes or less and a > majority approval otherwise. > > Regards, > > Jan > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
