Frederik asks, "was our voting process changed recently", to which I believe the answer is, "yes, abstentions are no longer included in the count"
Please correct me if I'm mistaken. I don't at first glance see anything in the process rules, but I'm outside in the sun using a phone... On Tue, 4 Aug 2020, 10:28 Colin Smale, <colin.sm...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > On 2020-08-04 10:06, Andrew Harvey wrote: > > I'd suggest that if you vote no, it will be helpful for the community if > you could elaborate on why you're voting no, without enforcing a reason as > mandatory. Is it because this feature shouldn't be mapped, is it because > there is an alternative tag. So if the vote fails all this feedback can be > taken onboard for a revisal of the proposal and second round of voting. > > > The explanation should possibly have been given earlier, during the > consultancy phase? In a vote, the only thing that should count towards the > outcome is how you vote, not why you voted that way. All votes have equal > weight, irrespective of their motivation. > > However, in the ensuing inquest it is obviously useful to understand why a > proposal was not supported by many people.. For that matter, it is also > useful to know what made people support it as well. > > Putting a proposal to the vote should IMHO not be done unless the > discussions are clearly pointing towards approval. A vote is not a > substitute for the discussion, it should be a confirmation that consensus > has been achieved. > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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