Paul - thanks for the link! I'll send a separate note to the DWG with my concerns. - Jeff
On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 9:49 PM, Paul Norman <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Data_Working_Group**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Jeff Meyer [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 12, 2012 9:47 PM > *To:* Paul Norman > *Cc:* [email protected]; OpenStreetMap US Talk > > *Subject:* Re: [Talk-us] [Imports] MassGIS Building Import Start**** > > ** ** > > IMO, the process by which blocks are placed, who does the asking of the > user to follow the guidelines, and those with authority to block users > needs to be documented and reviewed. If it already is, please provide a > pointer. Strikes me as fairly ominous and potentially arbitrary. **** > > ** ** > > Can anyone point me to any documentation of this internal policing?**** > > ** ** > > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Paul Norman <[email protected]> wrote:**** > > Imports which don’t follow the guidelines may be asked to stop or blocked. > This includes imports where the appropriate community consultation wasn’t > done, imports with legal problems, imports without a dedicated account, and > various weird problems.**** > > **** > > Most cases are dealt with via a private message or a 0-hour block which > forces them to log on to osm.org and read it.**** > > **** > > *From:* Jeff Meyer [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 12, 2012 6:56 PM > *To:* Paul Norman > *Cc:* Jason Remillard; [email protected]; OpenStreetMap US Talk > *Subject:* Re: [Talk-us] [Imports] MassGIS Building Import Start**** > > **** > > Paul - can you elaborate on the point about users being blocked if not > using a dedicated account?**** > > **** > > The guidelines don't point this out & it seems contrary to the spirit of > there being no "right" way of doing things in OSM. (Not a policy I agree > with, but que sera...).**** > > **** > > Who does the blocking?**** > > **** > > Thanks, Jeff**** > > **** > > > > **** > > ** ** > > -- > Jeff Meyer > Global World History Atlas > www.gwhat.org > [email protected] > 206-676-2347 > > **** > -- Jeff Meyer Global World History Atlas www.gwhat.org [email protected] 206-676-2347
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