On Tuesday 11 December 2018, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > Which would mean the end of OSM verifiability as intersubjective > > verifiability based on observations in the real world in favor of > > Wikipedia verifiability based on 'reliable sources'. > > no, you could ask a diplomat of a country (or other parts of their > government) whom they recognize, or look up their public statements, > these are not secondary sources like wikipedia seems to prefer (I > think), but it would be verifiable (repeatable) in the real world.
No, OSM verifiability means *independent* verifiability. If verifying a statement depends on a singular authority that is not compatible with the concept of OpenStreetMap's independent, intersubjective verifiability. Same as restaurant star ratings etc. -- Christoph Hormann http://www.imagico.de/ _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
