On Feb 11, 2008 5:08 PM, Gervase Markham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frederik Ramm wrote: > > There are many other places where our map is not accurate to te rules > > we decide, > > Right. But when we fix those places, there's no-one who's going to come > along and un-fix them. > > > I think we should keep the issue in mind during further API design > > work, and try to build mechanisms that help us cope with situations > > like these, but I don't see the urgency either. > > That seems reasonable. > > > If the people of Cyprus haven't managed to produce good mapping > > because of unsetteled political issues, then that's the reality and > > why should that reality not be visible in our maps...? > > The reality of the map should be the reality of what it says on the > ground. This is our rule, and it's a good one. The problem is not the > "unsettled political issues", it's that some OSM participants don't want > to abide by the rule. I think it's pretty clear what the correct result > should be, according to the rule, in the Cyprus case. It's even > documented on the Cyprus wiki page. >
With this said, the only response in my opinion is a user ban for the offender. Simple as. > > It's analogous to some Wikipedia participants not wanting to abide by > NPOV. Not that I think there's such a thing as NPOV, but I accept that > it's their wiki, and they can set what rules they want. Same with OSM. > > Gerv > > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev > -- Ray Booysen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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