Which are the initial categories we want to enable? Which communities would they support?

[nukeador (Rubén Martín)]

@StC

In my opinion this topic is far more reaching than just organizing the forum categories. It decides whether OSM is an international community or a set of national communities that send delegates at the international level. The current situation definitely fosters innovation in tags, but also cultural fragmentation; I’m still unclear why there are so many tag/relation patterns for hiking routes, for instance. Unfortunately I have no solution to propose, just this analysis to share.

Maybe it would be helpful to describe what would be your perfect experience as a contributor, trying to imagine a perfect future environment? How would it look like? (don’t be constrained about the current situation or tools, just describe your ideal contributor journey)