Whoops, meant to send this to the list, I sent it to Graeme only. > Begin forwarded message: > > From: stevea <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [talk-au] Filling in blank space (Was Re: Tagging towns by > relative importance, not just population size) > Date: October 1, 2023 at 9:17:40 PM PDT > To: Graeme Fitzpatrick <[email protected]> > > As an outsider (California, USA) and yet, also an insider (OSM-ing since > 2009, and trying my very best to craft agreement, consensus and wiki about > this, or at least how we do it / should do it in USA), Ian’s table and > suggestions to throw at dart at the board with that and see where the holes > are is excellent. That’s what we (the OSM community in USA) have largely > done (or did, maybe eight, ten, twelve years ago) and now we’re doing some > adjustments because of the holes and various regional differences. (And that > is absolutely just fine and OK). These (anomalies, wrinkles, oddities, minor > problems to be solved…) are there, but they aren’t so huge they can’t be > “adjusted.” Folks in Oz seem on track to do this, based on my > outsider/insider perspective as denoted above. Keep up excellent discussions > like this, try to hammer out something “solid” (or at least “gelled”) into a > wiki, or something written, and “go from there.” This is how OSM works in a > lot of senses, but “hamlet, village, town, city…” especially. For these > kinds of discussions, truly, “it takes a village.” This (edges of place > names, with populations and maybe services…) takes shape nicely (in Oz, from > what I see and read here), is what I’m saying. Cheers, there…and keep up the > good work via dialog.
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