On 16/03/2015 7:11 PM, Friedrich Volkmann wrote:
On 14.03.2015 21:27, Clifford Snow wrote:
I would suggest adopting " Conditional Approval" approach. If the proposal
receives sufficient votes, it becomes "Conditionally Approved." Only after
it becomes widespread and adopted by JOSM and iD it becomes an "Approved"
tag.
No. Editor developers aleady have too much power. Editor support often
depends on the mood of one single person. I would rather say that, for a
given number of occurrences, editor support should be considered a counter
indicator for approval. When usage spreads in spite of no editor support,
that means that mappers choose the tag on purpose. When usage remains
intermediate in spite of editor support, that means that mappers use the tag
only because it is imposed by the editor.
Mappers don't use a tag .. even ones 'suggested' by an editor unless they 'fit'.
Beginner mappers, like me, use the wiki in searching for a suitable tag, it
aids understanding.
They don't rely on the editor to find suitable tags as it does not provide
enough information.
If the wiki description is a poor match but no other tag is found you may find
that tag is used or the data is not entered.
Few beginner mappers will make a new tag. They may make a node with a note..
but that is about it.
Approval and rejection at the moment are only tagging group indicators.. the
best 'indicator' is that it is rendered.
And that is not a function of JOSM nor iD .. but the renderers .. there are a
few of them .. if they all render some OSM object then that tag has 'made it'.
I think the 'approval' and 'rejection' should stay where it is .. it is not the
be all and end all of a tag.
As for increasing the 'approval' vote to a minimum of 10 with 75% .. ok ..
as long as there is a time limit on the minimum number of 10,
at the end of, say 6 weeks, the number requirement needs to be dropped
altogether.
This would encourage people to vote as after 6 weeks their lack of voting does
not matter.
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