Re: [talk-au] poor business listing edits

On 21/05/2018 12:33, Andrew Harvey wrote: Thanks for doing the research on this! ... and thanks from me, too. On 21 May 2018 at 19:32, Andrew Davidson > wrote: After wasting many hours on this I've come to the conclusion that a

[talk-au] poor business listing edits

I too have wasted a lot of time over many days trying to fix these problem edits and have come to the same conclusion. Trying to sort out what is right or wrong with each one cannot easily be solved by only referring to valid sources of data for use in OSM causing further dilemma. > On 21

Re: [talk-au] poor business listing edits

Thanks for doing the research on this! On 21 May 2018 at 19:32, Andrew Davidson wrote: > After wasting many hours on this I've come to the conclusion that a > zero-tolerance policy is the only real option we have. So I've now started > to just revert them without bothering

Re: [talk-au] poor business listing edits

Perhaps I should have said 1 in 4 *can* be saved, if you are prepared to donate your time to do someone else's paid job. Anyway if you are volunteering to patrol for these and clean then up, then you are welcome to it. On 21/05/18 20:52, Andy Mabbett wrote: On 21 May 2018 at 10:32, Andrew

Re: [talk-au] poor business listing edits

On 21 May 2018 at 10:32, Andrew Davidson wrote: > 1 in 4 of these things are worth trying to save. > I've come to the conclusion that a zero-tolerance policy is the > only real option we have. So I've now started > to just revert them without bothering to look to closely.

Re: [talk-au] Correcting inland water features

On 21/05/18 19:16, cleary wrote: I am struggling with how to use "ephemeral" rather than the "intermittent" tag, particularly when it comes to on-the-ground verification. Good point. However ... If the Todd River is ephemeral then by extrapolation other waterways in the surrounding area

Re: [talk-au] poor business listing edits

On 10/05/18 17:18, Andrew Harvey wrote: These edits are hallmark seo spam, likely all done by the same organisation, following the same instructions. They all have the same traits (new username for each edit they make, named after the company, abuse the changeset comment with spam, never use a

Re: [talk-au] Correcting inland water features

I am struggling with how to use "ephemeral" rather than the "intermittent" tag, particularly when it comes to on-the-ground verification. I have travelled in some rural and outback areas in western NSW and Queensland and, to a lesser extent, in South Australia. I also regularly look at