Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] New editors working on parks

2017-02-02 Thread Andy Robinson 
Mark, Welcome :-)

Probably not really a problem here in the UK because there are enough editors 
watching over the data to spot big issues. Thus far any inappropriate additions 
to the database have mostly been very local to the specific user, like adding 
extra bits to parks, creating new ones in their area or the odd change of tag 
to a water feature. They are easily reverted when spotted as these Pokémon 
users don’t seem to be going on to continually add stuff. Hopefully it will 
stay that way.

Cheers
Andy

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From: Mark Croft Redditch Linux Mint [mailto:mark.croft@gmail.com] 
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To: Andy Robinson
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Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] New editors working on parks

not sure i am replying correct sorry it i am doing this all wrong.

does this extra traffic for the pokemo go game going to be a problem?

i will check around batchley and areas i visit in redditch not noticed any big 
interest in edits..

is there a special area on the OSM website too look for all these updates, i am 
very New to OSM.. still dipping my toes in the water...


On 27 January 2017 at 16:44, Andy Robinson <ajrli...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Oh joys J
>
>
>
> On the plus side there are a lot more new users in those 30 ish who 
> have added more than one item and one or two who have added some 
> really good new stuff, so in some ways the attention will have some upsides.
>
>
>
> Just need to be vigilant around our own patches.
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Andy
>
>
>
> From: SK53 [mailto:sk53@gmail.com]
> Sent: 27 January 2017 16:16
> To: Andy Robinson
> Cc: talk-gb; talk-gb-westmidlands
> Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] New editors working on parks
>
>
>
> Hi Andy,
>
>
> These are Pokemon Go edits driven by the fact that the South Korea 
> release of the game is definitely using OSM as the base map.
>
> Total number of editors has picked up massively worldwide in the past 
> few days with a ridiculous peak of 3000 new users a minute sometime 
> this afternoon (although this may be a SEO-driven peak in the US).
>
> Certainly whatever the basis of the influx its quite a lot to handle 
> for existing 'data curators'. See the current range of changeset discussions.
> It's difficult to be sure, but I think there's an uptick in other edits too.
>
> Jerry
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 27 January 2017 at 16:03, Andy Robinson <ajrli...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> There has been a large number of new editors in the wider midlands 
> over the last few days (32 since Monday) most of which have been 
> adding new or adding to exiting park areas. Some are fine first edits 
> (a little awkward in placed but not unreasonable) but others are not, 
> so if it's also happening in your area keep a close eye. I'm reverting 
> those in my watch rectangle that are obviously inappropriate and I, 
> along with I note some others, have added some changeset comments to 
> try and make contact where appropriate, though thus far no responses.
>
> Mostly these seem to be id edits so I'm guessing perhaps a University 
> course or something.
>
> Cheers
> Andy
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Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] New editors working on parks

2017-01-27 Thread Andy Robinson 
Oh joys J

 

On the plus side there are a lot more new users in those 30 ish who have added 
more than one item and one or two who have added some really good new stuff, so 
in some ways the attention will have some upsides.

 

Just need to be vigilant around our own patches.

 

Cheers

Andy 

 

From: SK53 [mailto:sk53@gmail.com] 
Sent: 27 January 2017 16:16
To: Andy Robinson
Cc: talk-gb; talk-gb-westmidlands
Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] New editors working on parks

 

Hi Andy,


These are Pokemon Go edits driven by the fact that the South Korea release of 
the game is definitely using OSM as the base map.

Total number of editors has picked up massively worldwide in the past few days 
with a ridiculous peak of 3000 new users a minute sometime this afternoon 
(although this may be a SEO-driven peak in the US).

Certainly whatever the basis of the influx its quite a lot to handle for 
existing 'data curators'. See the current range of changeset discussions. It's 
difficult to be sure, but I think there's an uptick in other edits too.

Jerry

 

 

 

On 27 January 2017 at 16:03, Andy Robinson <ajrli...@gmail.com> wrote:

There has been a large number of new editors in the wider midlands over the
last few days (32 since Monday) most of which have been adding new or adding
to exiting park areas. Some are fine first edits (a little awkward in placed
but not unreasonable) but others are not, so if it's also happening in your
area keep a close eye. I'm reverting those in my watch rectangle that are
obviously inappropriate and I, along with I note some others, have added
some changeset comments to try and make contact where appropriate, though
thus far no responses.

Mostly these seem to be id edits so I'm guessing perhaps a University course
or something.

Cheers
Andy


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Re: [Talk-GB] New editors working on parks

2017-01-27 Thread Andy Robinson 
Oh joys J

 

On the plus side there are a lot more new users in those 30 ish who have added 
more than one item and one or two who have added some really good new stuff, so 
in some ways the attention will have some upsides.

 

Just need to be vigilant around our own patches.

 

Cheers

Andy 

 

From: SK53 [mailto:sk53@gmail.com] 
Sent: 27 January 2017 16:16
To: Andy Robinson
Cc: talk-gb; talk-gb-westmidlands
Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] New editors working on parks

 

Hi Andy,


These are Pokemon Go edits driven by the fact that the South Korea release of 
the game is definitely using OSM as the base map.

Total number of editors has picked up massively worldwide in the past few days 
with a ridiculous peak of 3000 new users a minute sometime this afternoon 
(although this may be a SEO-driven peak in the US).

Certainly whatever the basis of the influx its quite a lot to handle for 
existing 'data curators'. See the current range of changeset discussions. It's 
difficult to be sure, but I think there's an uptick in other edits too.

Jerry

 

 

 

On 27 January 2017 at 16:03, Andy Robinson <ajrli...@gmail.com> wrote:

There has been a large number of new editors in the wider midlands over the
last few days (32 since Monday) most of which have been adding new or adding
to exiting park areas. Some are fine first edits (a little awkward in placed
but not unreasonable) but others are not, so if it's also happening in your
area keep a close eye. I'm reverting those in my watch rectangle that are
obviously inappropriate and I, along with I note some others, have added
some changeset comments to try and make contact where appropriate, though
thus far no responses.

Mostly these seem to be id edits so I'm guessing perhaps a University course
or something.

Cheers
Andy


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Re: [Talk-GB] New editors working on parks

2017-01-27 Thread Nick Allen 
Hi Andy,

I update http://learnosm.org/en/  and I'm seeing many searches on the site
concerning pokemon go.

Also, some visitors are from
https://www.reddit.com/r/openstreetmap/comments/5q4ctl/warning_players_of_pok%C3%A9mon_go_may_be_editing_osm/
& other sections on reddit.

Maybe connected?

Nick
(Tallguy)

On 27 Jan 2017 16:04, "Andy Robinson"  wrote:

> There has been a large number of new editors in the wider midlands over the
> last few days (32 since Monday) most of which have been adding new or
> adding
> to exiting park areas. Some are fine first edits (a little awkward in
> placed
> but not unreasonable) but others are not, so if it's also happening in your
> area keep a close eye. I'm reverting those in my watch rectangle that are
> obviously inappropriate and I, along with I note some others, have added
> some changeset comments to try and make contact where appropriate, though
> thus far no responses.
>
> Mostly these seem to be id edits so I'm guessing perhaps a University
> course
> or something.
>
> Cheers
> Andy
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Re: [Talk-GB] New editors working on parks

2017-01-27 Thread Michael Booth 
It's been mentioned on reddit: 
https://www.reddit.com/r/openstreetmap/comments/5q4ctl/warning_players_of_pok%C3%A9mon_go_may_be_editing_osm/ 
and 
https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/5pvkkn/about_openstreetmap_and_pokemon_go


People are commenting on changesets but if new users don't read their 
emails or it goes to their spam folder then there's not much chance of a 
reply. Needs to be an indication on the website like with user messages.


Some are just carrying out drive-by vandalism by adding fake parks, etc. 
- easily reverted. Others are adding more features which is good but 
they usually have the newbie mistakes of paths not connecting to roads 
etc. - hopefully they respond to the comments and stick around.


On 27/01/2017 16:03, Andy Robinson wrote:

There has been a large number of new editors in the wider midlands over the
last few days (32 since Monday) most of which have been adding new or adding
to exiting park areas. Some are fine first edits (a little awkward in placed
but not unreasonable) but others are not, so if it's also happening in your
area keep a close eye. I'm reverting those in my watch rectangle that are
obviously inappropriate and I, along with I note some others, have added
some changeset comments to try and make contact where appropriate, though
thus far no responses.

Mostly these seem to be id edits so I'm guessing perhaps a University course
or something.

Cheers
Andy


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Re: [Talk-GB] New editors working on parks

2017-01-27 Thread Tom Hughes 

On 27/01/17 16:03, Andy Robinson wrote:


There has been a large number of new editors in the wider midlands over the
last few days (32 since Monday) most of which have been adding new or adding
to exiting park areas. Some are fine first edits (a little awkward in placed
but not unreasonable) but others are not, so if it's also happening in your
area keep a close eye. I'm reverting those in my watch rectangle that are
obviously inappropriate and I, along with I note some others, have added
some changeset comments to try and make contact where appropriate, though
thus far no responses.

Mostly these seem to be id edits so I'm guessing perhaps a University course
or something.


I suspect Pokemon Go is a more likely explanation.

Tom

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Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] New editors working on parks

2017-01-27 Thread SK53 
Hi Andy,

These are Pokemon Go edits driven by the fact that the South Korea release
of the game is definitely using OSM as the base map.

Total number of editors has picked up massively worldwide in the past few
days with a ridiculous peak of 3000 new users a minute sometime this
afternoon (although this may be a SEO-driven peak in the US).

Certainly whatever the basis of the influx its quite a lot to handle for
existing 'data curators'. See the current range of changeset discussions.
It's difficult to be sure, but I think there's an uptick in other edits too.

Jerry





On 27 January 2017 at 16:03, Andy Robinson  wrote:

> There has been a large number of new editors in the wider midlands over the
> last few days (32 since Monday) most of which have been adding new or
> adding
> to exiting park areas. Some are fine first edits (a little awkward in
> placed
> but not unreasonable) but others are not, so if it's also happening in your
> area keep a close eye. I'm reverting those in my watch rectangle that are
> obviously inappropriate and I, along with I note some others, have added
> some changeset comments to try and make contact where appropriate, though
> thus far no responses.
>
> Mostly these seem to be id edits so I'm guessing perhaps a University
> course
> or something.
>
> Cheers
> Andy
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Re: [Talk-GB] New editors working on parks

2017-01-27 Thread SK53 
Hi Andy,

These are Pokemon Go edits driven by the fact that the South Korea release
of the game is definitely using OSM as the base map.

Total number of editors has picked up massively worldwide in the past few
days with a ridiculous peak of 3000 new users a minute sometime this
afternoon (although this may be a SEO-driven peak in the US).

Certainly whatever the basis of the influx its quite a lot to handle for
existing 'data curators'. See the current range of changeset discussions.
It's difficult to be sure, but I think there's an uptick in other edits too.

Jerry





On 27 January 2017 at 16:03, Andy Robinson  wrote:

> There has been a large number of new editors in the wider midlands over the
> last few days (32 since Monday) most of which have been adding new or
> adding
> to exiting park areas. Some are fine first edits (a little awkward in
> placed
> but not unreasonable) but others are not, so if it's also happening in your
> area keep a close eye. I'm reverting those in my watch rectangle that are
> obviously inappropriate and I, along with I note some others, have added
> some changeset comments to try and make contact where appropriate, though
> thus far no responses.
>
> Mostly these seem to be id edits so I'm guessing perhaps a University
> course
> or something.
>
> Cheers
> Andy
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[Talk-GB] New editors working on parks

2017-01-27 Thread Andy Robinson 
There has been a large number of new editors in the wider midlands over the
last few days (32 since Monday) most of which have been adding new or adding
to exiting park areas. Some are fine first edits (a little awkward in placed
but not unreasonable) but others are not, so if it's also happening in your
area keep a close eye. I'm reverting those in my watch rectangle that are
obviously inappropriate and I, along with I note some others, have added
some changeset comments to try and make contact where appropriate, though
thus far no responses.

Mostly these seem to be id edits so I'm guessing perhaps a University course
or something.

Cheers
Andy


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