i use to work on a system where "comments" where mandatory to validate an order.
most of the people use "X" as a comment. then the IT guys add a rule forbidding "X" then users use "." then IT add a rule "at least 3 chars" then user use "bla" as comments and so on, and so on. as far as i don't like empty comments, i think that if a user quit OSM because a changeset comment is mandatory it's too bad. I prefere some new data and no comment rather than... nothing. -- JB 2010/8/3 Russ Nelson <nel...@crynwr.com> > Frederik Ramm writes: > > Hi, > > > > Ulf Lamping wrote: > > > Sorry, you overemphasize the importance of changeset comments. > > > > I think you underestimate the importance of changeset comments. > > Trouble is that you can't force people to provide good comments. You > can force them to provide comments, but short of introducing > artificial intelligence or actual human moderation into comment > submission, you have to accept what people give. > > Anything you try to force people to do, they will rebel against. > > -- > --my blog is at http://blog.russnelson.com > Crynwr supports open source software > 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315-600-8815 > Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | Sheepdog > > _______________________________________________ > josm-dev mailing list > josm-dev@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/josm-dev > _______________________________________________ josm-dev mailing list josm-dev@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/josm-dev