cache_test_dummies:
In hindsight, it probably would have been better to have had this
discussion earlier, rather than the week before the release of an
update which challenges the current cultural mindset of
the community. It would have given us more time to adjust. I would encourage Groundspeak to continue to help us to better understand its general philosophical views of Waymarking as a community-based activity - in forum discussions, general terminology, and site design itself. This might help us remain on the same page going forward.
Thanks for everyone's feedback.
This is early. Aside from the unfinished waymark addition and roles, the "ownership" of the waymarks has not fundamentally changed. Hopefully we can get a staging site up so you can see it in action. I'll talk with Nate and Sean on Monday about it.
I put a quote around ownership since I understand that the terminology and wording of text in the future should change to help reflect a hopefully changing culture in what ownership means. Founders of waymarks should have some additional credit and abilities, but ultimately, for the activity to grow, we need to open up waymarks to community contribution without being overly controlling of the waymarks.
We're not going to be a wiki but we're certainly going to apply ideas from the wiki process with the hope that users should be given the opportunity to contribute to listings to make them more accurate and detailed.