Greg Troxel writes: > First, there's the notion that the local mappers should have priority in > deciding how things should be tagged. I don't mean that one shouldn't > make non-local edits - I do that after visiting places. But I don't > make edits that I think a local might object to.
Me too. Whenever I see contributions which are obviously made by a local (e.g. stores), I always edit more carefully. I don't want to offend a local mapper because 1) that might discourage them, and 2) I wouldn't want somebody non-local to Potsdam editing here willy-nilly. > So if there's a disagreement, and the results lopsidedly reflect > one user's view just because that user is far more insistent on > making changes and arguing about them, that's a bad outcome, Yup. You risk letting the decision go to the person with the most free time, who is not necessarily the most correct person. -- --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
