Hi Michael, 2016-07-11 0:08 GMT+02:00 Michael Reichert <[email protected]>:
> Hi Éric, > > Am 10.07.2016 um 23:26 schrieb Éric Gillet: > > In contrary to the Contributor Terms, these rules : > > - Are not shown to new contributors > > It is shown to new contributors, not directly but they get informed. If > you create an account, you will see a welcome page after clicking on the > confirmation link which you get via email. This page explains basic > things like the data model (node, way, relation) and says that there are > special rules for imports and mechanical edits. > You're right, I just noticed that they indeed are, but a lot less prominently as the Contributor Terms (and doesn't require acceptance) > > > - Are not accepted by new or existing contributors > > - Doesn't seem to have been voted on before their "establishment" > > There are dozens of other rules which have neither been voted nor being > accepted by every contributor. Just have a look at Good_Practice at OSM > wiki. None of those items has been voted. They are basic rules. > Of course, however those rules are not enforced by the DWG. > > The Contributor Terms are a replacement for the former CC-BY-SA license > all contributors granted (to everyone directly). Nowadays OSMF > "collects" all these rights using a contract called Contributor Terms. > > > - Seems to have been written by an eminent, but small set of > > contributors (history > > < > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Automated_Edits_code_of_conduct&offset=&limit=500&action=history > > > > ) > > Did you have a look at the mailing list archives of the time when this > policy was written (+-6 months)? > I believe that just like the tagging process, the discussion leading to the establishment of those rules should be open and not require digging through an 8 years-old mailing list. > > Both Import Guidelines and Automated Edits Code of Conduct are > guidelines which will reduce the likelihood that your import/mechanical > edit gets reverted. > This is only the stated goal of the AE CoC. Following that wiki page means that the changeset can't be reversed on basis of this wiki page, no more. I think that this page should encourage mapping good data ©, not be as broad as possible in order to become a justification when someone want to revert a changeset. > We don't have a Don't Delete Everything Policy. Nevertheless, we revert > vandalism (if we discover it). > But what is vandalism ?
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