Re: [OSM-talk] Request for user block

2010-02-04 Thread Lars Francke
Is blocking the account going to be enough to prevent someone from simply signing up for a new account and continuing to do what they were unabbated, seems like a cat and mouse game and the cat is really slow to keep tabs on the mouse. Maybe a more subtle approach would work, i.e., have a bot

Re: [OSM-talk] Request for user block

2010-02-04 Thread Maarten Deen
On Thu, 4 Feb 2010 11:39:26 +0100, Lars Francke lars.fran...@gmail.com wrote: Is blocking the account going to be enough to prevent someone from simply signing up for a new account and continuing to do what they were unabbated, seems like a cat and mouse game and the cat is really slow to keep

Re: [OSM-talk] Request for user block

2010-02-04 Thread John Smith
On 4 February 2010 21:02, Maarten Deen md...@xs4all.nl wrote: This of course comes after blocking on email address proves ineffective. And we even have blacklists for blocking certain get for free e-mail domains from ever registering. I've dealt with this on a project before in a similar

Re: [OSM-talk] Request for user block

2010-02-04 Thread David Fawcett
I think that that it would be useful to have a dedicated email account(s) or Web form(s) for reporting map abuse and wiki spam. That would limit the publicity that the vandals get and make remediation more quick and stealth. On the wiki/diaries, it would be nice to have a link on each diary

Re: [OSM-talk] Request for user block

2010-02-04 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
David Fawcett wrote: Sent: 04 February 2010 2:30 PM To: John Smith Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Request for user block I think that that it would be useful to have a dedicated email account(s) or Web form(s) for reporting map abuse and wiki spam. That would limit

Re: [OSM-talk] Request for user block

2010-02-04 Thread MP
On 04/02/2010, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: On 4 February 2010 21:02, Maarten Deen md...@xs4all.nl wrote: This of course comes after blocking on email address proves ineffective. And we even have blacklists for blocking certain get for free e-mail domains from ever

Re: [OSM-talk] Request for user block

2010-02-04 Thread David Fawcett
Apologies. Next time I will RTFW... On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 8:37 AM, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) ajrli...@googlemail.com wrote: David Fawcett wrote: Sent: 04 February 2010 2:30 PM To: John Smith Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Request for user block I think

[OSM-talk] Request for user block

2010-02-03 Thread Nakor
Hello, The user osm_king (formerly n_ward) as been doing vandalism edits: building shaped like a penis, insulting changeset comments, creating ways in the middle of the Atlantic ... I kindly asked him to stop and got the following answer: Thanks for your feedback, but you can shove it up

Re: [OSM-talk] Request for user block

2010-02-03 Thread Dave F.
Nakor wrote: Hello, The user osm_king (formerly n_ward) as been doing vandalism edits: building shaped like a penis, Yeah, I know, it's disgusting what those vandals get up to with their spray cans. ;-) http://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/17/homer-and-the-cerne-abbas-giant/ But you're

Re: [OSM-talk] Request for user block

2010-02-03 Thread John Smith
On 4 February 2010 12:04, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote: But you're right, he probably should be terminated. Is blocking the account going to be enough to prevent someone from simply signing up for a new account and continuing to do what they were unabbated, seems like a cat and mouse

Re: [OSM-talk] Request for user block

2010-02-03 Thread Randy
John Smith wrote: On 4 February 2010 12:04, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote: But you're right, he probably should be terminated. Is blocking the account going to be enough to prevent someone from simply signing up for a new account and continuing to do what they were unabbated, seems like a

Re: [OSM-talk] Request for user block

2010-02-03 Thread John Smith
On 4 February 2010 14:58, Randy rwtnospam-new...@yahoo.com wrote: Maybe a more subtle approach would work, i.e., have a bot remove his edits x days after they are saved. That way he can make his changes, show his similarly idiotic friends what he has done, and they will be deleted when he no

Re: [OSM-talk] Request for user block

2010-02-03 Thread Lennard
John Smith wrote: Maybe a more subtle approach would work, i.e., have a bot remove his edits x days after they are saved. That way he can make his changes, show his similarly idiotic friends what he has done, and they will be deleted when he no longer has an interest in them. +1 Paging