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Proposal:Require proposal announcements to be made on the new forum instead of the mailing list (view source)
Revision as of 09:17, 25 September 2022
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==Proposal==
The new forum offers more possibilities which can improve the proposal process. These new possibilities can improve the community engagement in starting these proposals and participating in them. It is therefore proposed that:
* Users should no longer be required to announce their proposal on the tagging mailing list but on the new forum instead. The wiki talk page will remain the first and recommended place to discuss proposals. The mapper is free to also discuss the proposal ''optionally'' on other places like the tagging mailing list.
==Rationale==
The new OpenStreetMap community forum is currently prepared for production. Currently, the tagging mailing list and OpenStreetMap wiki fill an important formal role in the process of discussing and voting of proposals. For several reasons, parts of this formal process should be moved to the new forum. The main result will be in increased engagement by the community because current barriers are reduced. For several reasons, this changed is proposed:
* Switching to the forums for rfc and vote announcements allows every mapper to participate without the need to create a new account. They can use their current OSM account. For the mailing list, they have to subscribe to the mailing list to actually receive the emails.
* The new forum allows for mid-thread joining. On the tagging mailing list, it is hard to join mid discussion because you don't have access to previous received emails before subscribing. Via the archive they can see previous emails but replying to them is hard. The user interface of this archive also does not allow for easy navigating.
* It is known that there are quite some mappers who really dislike the mailing list. Because of the requirement to announce a proposal and vote there, these people are discouraged to continue with the proposal. This excludes people from coming with good proposals from which the community can benefit.
* The new forum also works really well on mobile devices. Especially wiki does not offer a user friendly website for editing.
* The new forum has better formatting options for mappers to support their opinions. Think of code blocks, adding images.
* Using emoticon reactions, users can indicate they (dis)agree with a given comment. This prevents clutter in the discussion while still
* Using simple rss or email notifications, people can subscribe to new proposals and votes on the community. This is accomplished by following tags.
* Moderators can branch off topics when they become off-topic.
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