On 2015-11-14 19:35, Frederik Ramm wrote : > André, > > OSM is not a place for condolences in note tags. > > I'm sorry if this sounds harsh but sticking to facts is what keeps most > conflicts out of OSM - if something is observable on the ground, we map > it, and if not, we (mostly) don't. > > Emotions are one such thing we don't map. > > Yes, a tragedy has happened, or more precisely a horrific crime; and > yes, you and I and many others wish to extend our hearfelt condolences > to the victims and their families. But OpenStreetMap is not the right > medium to do that. > > There are many places in the world where tragedy, crime and injustice > have happened on a grand scale. But we don't have condolence messages in > OSM at Auschwitz, Srebrenica, or Columbine, and for a reason - because > we as a community can't "feel" sympathy, only individuals can. How would > we decide where to put such messages and how to word them, and what > would we do in situations where a tragedy has happened but people > disagree about who's the victim and who the perpetrator? > > Let's stick to facts on the ground and keep our emotions out of OSM, > hard as it may seem. > >> By Monday, you may like to send the URL to the Press. > Please don't. By giving the world the idea that OSM is a place to > express emotions, you will invite everyone to express theirs, and > certainly not all emotions are friendly and peaceful. > >> But let us hope that vandalism will not be added to terrorism. > That's exactly what you are inviting here. You may have the best > intentions but you're doing the wrong thing. > > Bye > Frederik Frederik,
Thanks for your time writing that explanation. I wanted to revert that update (1). But I got in trouble with revert conflicts and I panicked. It turned out that, while you were writing, M!dgard <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/M%21dgard> had already silently removed it. Is it normal OSM practice to step on each other's feet? Like one day: X: help! can you explain this? me, helpfully: I don't see what you describe in OSM Y had read X and silently changed OSM. It made me feel like no longer wanting to help. And BTW, I once was falsely accused of bad tagging in 3 changesets visible for 100 objects. Nobody made your remarks. While I admit that OSM is not a place for kind condolences, I wonder if it is one for insults. Cheers André. (1) definitely but reluctant to do immediately because I received heartbreaking thanks from mappers about that.
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