As OSM has become so cantankerous/cancerous recently, I have decided to drastically reduce my edit activity and move onto somewhere more pleasant. I may add some minor edits if it suits me but only as a last resort.
BYE
As OSM has become so cantankerous/cancerous recently, I have decided to drastically reduce my edit activity and move onto somewhere more pleasant. I may add some minor edits if it suits me but only as a last resort.
BYE
Discussion
Comment from ceyockey on 11 January 2012 at 00:12
I've not really seen the environment running "cantankerous/cancerous recently", at least in the areas I work.
Comment from Richard on 11 January 2012 at 01:30
This is the third time you've written a diary entry threatening to leave. It's less and less convincing every time you say it.
Comment from Zartbitter on 11 January 2012 at 08:33
Thank you for your contributions to OpenStreetMap!
Comment from netman55 on 11 January 2012 at 12:10
@Zartbitter Thanks
@ceyocky
In the OSM community, one of the worst examples such as:
"I can't be 100% certain, and I can't prove it, but I recall mapping these
areas with my laptop and GPS bug in my backpack on my mountain bike, back
before common mobile phones had GPS built in. They are marked as Author
"JohnSmith" who seems to be an anal retentive prick."
@Richard
I know, I think its to do being a reluctant leaver after spending so much time and effort over the last 4 years on OSM. Also there have been barriers to me abandoning the OSM ship some time ago in that the alternatives have not seemed to be viable and mature enough. Those barriers are now beginning to fade.
Comment from Richard on 11 January 2012 at 13:33
Well, the most important thing is that you're contributing to a project that you're happy with! It's not necessary that OSM fails for the success of FOSM, and vice versa. Personally I hope both do well. But hopefully we can get past the stage of (on both sides) leaving snarky messages on each others' communication channels.
Comment from paulbiv on 12 January 2012 at 23:15
Sorry to see you go. Thanks for your contribution. I'll have to get on my bike and get up to Cliffe to check for updates now.
Comment from maxolasersquad on 15 January 2012 at 03:22
I have had some contact with abrasive contributors, but I find that for the most part they are few and far between. IMO they are mostly ignorable.
As Richard says, the important thing is that you find a project that you enjoy working in, and that enjoys having you around. However, it is near impossible to find a project that doesn't have at least one "that guy." In a community as large as this there's bound to be a few more than just one.
I think a code of conduct published somewhere would be helpful; something we could point people to when they begin getting out of line.
Comment from Andy Allan on 15 January 2012 at 10:23
maxolasersquad: see osm.wiki/Community_Code_of_Conduct_%28Draft%29
Comment from netman55 on 15 January 2012 at 21:29
@paulbiv
Thanks. I have not been up the road to Cliffe recently, a bit too cold when the north winds blow.
I'm still collecting data but not decided where to put it yet, maybe fosm and/or my own thing, too busy with real work which works along side my data collecting.
I'm about 5000 items of data to enter behind at the moment and suspect within the next 6-8 weeks being 15000 items behind in total. I prep'ed a lot in the Frindsbury area recently (building outlines etc) ready to take the first lot of data but that won't happen on OSM now. So if you see a dementated person rounding around with reams of the paperwork scribbling away, walking into lamp posts in the process, you might have seen me!!
Comment from netman55 on 15 January 2012 at 21:36
...rounding read running!
Time for bed I think