Re: [OSM-dev] Chinese spam diaries, an analysis

2014-12-04 Thread Andreas Labres
On 03.12.14 17:14, Andy Allan wrote: Thanks for the analysis, I hope it provides developers with ideas for combatting it via the automated spam filters that we already have[1]. I'd suggest to extend/refine the automated filter somewhat. Say: * a novice ist not allowed to post at all * a novice

Re: [OSM-dev] Chinese spam diaries, an analysis

2014-12-04 Thread Andreas Labres
On 04.12.14 12:33, Tom Hughes wrote: So in other words, most of things we already factor in to our spam scoring... We're just not quite as rigid. A (hidden) spam score is bad (IMO). Nobody sees it, almost nobody can test it. A documented user level with documented rules would make much more

Re: [OSM-dev] SotM ads for front page

2013-05-16 Thread Andreas Labres
On 15.05.13 23:34, Rob Nickerson wrote: For transparency I suggested that the SotM conference being promoted and for other events I suggested that we include a prominent events banner NACK to any promotion on the front page of osm.org. SOTM (international) ist the only thing that can be

Re: [OSM-dev] Notes Branch

2013-04-24 Thread Andreas Labres
Hi, What is the URL parameter to initially show the browse notes overlay? Will this be added to the permalink? /al ___ dev mailing list dev@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev

Re: [OSM-dev] Retina tiles - best way to support them?

2012-07-06 Thread Andreas Labres
On 05.07.12 09:44, Frederik Ramm wrote: It is now, here: http://mull.geofabrik.de/hires.html Looks gorgeous! Side by side comparison: http://www.openstreetmap.at/userfiles/vergleich.png Now the icons should also be retinated... ;) BTW, it is impossible to touch the current OpenLayers

[OSM-dev] Valid characters for display name

2012-05-05 Thread Andreas Labres
Hello, Is there a list of valid characters available? (or a list of forbidden ones?) I got a report ungültiger Anzeigename (probably invalid display name) from a user. The probably most famous invalid character is ., isn't ist? /al ___ dev mailing

[OSM-dev] e-control.at (Spritpreisdatenbank) - Nominatim

2011-08-22 Thread Andreas Labres
Hi! I was contacted by some guys from e-control.at (they develop some fuel cost database) that they would use Nominatim and their app would be blocked by nominatim. Is this the case? Did someone there contact any sysadmin already? /al ___ dev

[OSM-dev] e-control.at (spritpreisrechner.at) - Nominatim

2011-08-22 Thread Andreas Labres
Hi! I was contacted by some guys from e-control.at (they develop some fuel cost database) that they would use Nominatim and their app would be blocked by nominatim. Is this the case? Did someone there contact any sysadmin already? The website is: http://spritpreisrechner.at/ /al

Re: [OSM-dev] e-control.at (Spritpreisdatenbank) - Nominatim

2011-08-22 Thread Andreas Labres
On 22.08.11 14:17, Brian Quinion wrote: They were putting through around 250 search requests per SECOND using what looks like a broken autocomplete implementation. I had to take emergency action to restore the service. Thanks for pointing this out. I'd be grateful if you could pass this on

Re: [OSM-dev] Spam in Users' Diaries and Users' Pages

2010-03-16 Thread Andreas Labres
Why don't you set up your own (non-standard) challenge, some kind of: Here are 6 pictures, select those two that show a stop-sign. You could permutate the pictures, kind of signs and filenames randomly. Other than some kind of mathematical challenge (like in the wiki) this would be somehow