I'm familiar with his work and have run afoul of his views in the past, most recently when I performed a large scale edit to US route relation tags, some of which he did not agree with. I don't know if any were reverted. Nevertheless, I don't see the value in running him out on a rail without more actual evidence of malice, detailed precedents from other bans, and some expectation that the OSMF could help here. These days I'm happier with NE2 than I am with the foundation, believe it or not.
-mike. --------------------------------------- michal migurski http://mike.teczno.com On Feb 10, 2013, at 8:53 AM, Serge Wroclawski <emac...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 8:56 AM, Michal Migurski <m...@teczno.com> wrote: >> I don't agree. NE2’s edits, most of all the route relations, are enormously >> valuable to OSM in the US. I'm not aware of any precedent for banning a user >> like this, and I'm not eager to see one set. > > Mike, > > Your information on NE2 is grossly inaccurate. > > NE2 makes very few positive edits, and many, many destructive ones, as > well as previous threats to make more edits that conform with his (and > only his) vision of the world. > > I realize that from a numerical standpoint, it may seem like he is a > positive contributor, but this is due to our general acceptance of > people even in the face of disagreement. But in NE2's case, he is a > bully, and having a bully does not serve the community well. > > Regarding precedent, this would not be the first person that the OSMF > has had to take action on. Others have been banned, but NE2's > particular brand of edit has always ridden the line, as he's not > explicitly doing anything illegal (ie not copyright violation). But > OSM is not his personal playground, and his view that this project is > his sandbox to impose his will on (reality and community consensus be > damned) is just unacceptable. > > It's understandable that if you are not familiar with NE2's behavior > first hand, that you would see this as a a misunderstanding, but NE2's > behavior has been damaging to the project for so long that we simply > have no choice but to take actions to protect the project's > cohesiveness. > > - Serge > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us