Richard Weait writes: > I would prefer to discuss this in general, and in the open.
Okay. In general, then, I have said that I believe the proper way to edit is to not disturb anything that anybody else does[1]. That should be rule #1, yet DUM[2] (Difficult USA Mapper) seems to feel that e[3] can change other people's tags any way e wants without consulting with them. So, as a generalized example of a specific instance that I have in mind, I added some tags to some ways which reflected data that anybody could verify from multiple sources with a little bit of research. I didn't put a source= tag because the source was from USGS topo data -- unquestionably public domain, backed up positionally with USGS ortho photos. Sometimes the data came from research, other times from site visits. A reasonably safe, uncontroversial edit. DUM felt it necessary to change the key of the tag to a different key, thus violating rule #1 by *changing* rather than *adding* a new tag with e's new key and the value I put into the tag. To make matters worse, this key is one that e invented and seems to be the sole user of. DUM has made this change to hundreds of ways that I know of, and probably thousands or more across the country, and without any consultation with others as far as I can find. That would be okay except that e violated rule #1, the Prime Directive. By the way, I am not one of the complaintants, but I will be happy to enter a complaint about this specific edit, which has detracted from the value of the map for me (at least, and I speculate others). [1] I add to that: document how you tagged, don't change documentation written by someone else, and then tag according to the documentation. [2] Hey, I didn't make the name up! [3] Neutral gender. Hey, it *could* be wonderchook, you never know. -- --my blog is at http://blog.russnelson.com Crynwr supports open source software 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315-600-8815 Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | Sheepdog _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
