On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 3:52 PM, John Smith <[email protected]>wrote:
> I missed the comment about voting, it's mostly a pointless exercise, > current estimates claim almost 200,000 users, and the current voting > system suggest about 15 votes for a proposal, does seem like a very > good majority to me. > I'm more bothered by the fact that it's unclear what voting *means*. It doesn't mean: - you can now use the tag (you could use it anyway) - you can now document the tag (ditto) - renderers must now support the tag Does it mean that the tag now goes in "map features"? is that the only way? What does it matter? etc. > > I really would like to see a proper/formal tagging working group of a > limited number of people that suggestions can be submitted to, who > then vet and put out a request for comments document on suggested > tags. > A committee? I'm wary. > > Although some people think this means all tags, but that isn't my > intent, I'm talking about things like footways/pathways that a > sufficiently wide spread to need a little calm/rational discussing > about, which currently doesn't occur for the most part so we're left > to who ever is the most voicetress minority. > Dunno, I've seen some pretty reasonable discussions of these topics lately. Steve
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