Changing RFC time for proposals including deprecation

[ZeLonewolf (Brian M Sperlongano)]

@Fizzie41

@Matija_Nalis

Just goes to show how important it is to involve a lots different people

But what do you do when people don’t respond, or do but then stop?

I find this is usually due to one of the following reasons:

1. The proposal is discussing a niche topic that many people are not interested in.
2. The proposal is poorly-written and people are not willing to put in the time and energy needed to fully develop it.

I tend to find that the best way to get useful feedback on a timely manner is to share the proposal on one of OSM’s many chat communities, which tend to result in faster response times.

Unfortunately, persuasive writing is a fairly challenging skill to get right and there is no obvious feedback when you’re missing the mark beyond a lack of engagement and negative responses when the proposal goes up for a vote. If the topic is niche, then there is often not a need to go through a proposal at all - just document the usage under the principle of “any tags you like”.