Re: [Talk-GB] Possible vandalism? New Forth Road Bridge being changed to motorway from construction

2014-03-12 Thread Gregory
Often friendly messages are the best way to sort things out. But once it's discussed in a group (e. g. mailing list) make it clear to others that you're messaging the user, this stops everyone else bombarding their inbox. If anybody is wanting a place to play with OSM tools, take a look at

Re: [Talk-GB] Possible vandalism? New Forth Road Bridge being changed to motorway from construction

2014-02-17 Thread Donald Noble
The change to the A90 around Aberdeen [1] is also bogus. This project has just got the go-ahead recently, and I don't know if work has even started on the ground. Not a local though, so not sure of actual progress. This one should probably be reverted as well, and I would support a block until

Re: [Talk-GB] Possible vandalism? New Forth Road Bridge being changed to motorway from construction

2014-02-17 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 17.02.2014 20:59, Donald Noble wrote: This one should probably be reverted as well, and I would support a block until this user responds to messages on the site. The user has received a zero hour block yesterday http://www.openstreetmap.org/user_blocks/441 which means that they can

Re: [Talk-GB] Possible vandalism? New Forth Road Bridge being changed to motorway from construction

2014-02-16 Thread SomeoneElse
Their edits in Australia have led to a block being requested: https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-au/2014-February/010286.html Cheers, Andy ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] Possible vandalism? New Forth Road Bridge being changed to motorway from construction

2014-02-15 Thread SomeoneElse
Donald Noble wrote: Hi All, The user robbief14 [1] has changed sections of the M90 around the New Forth Road Bridge which are still currently under construction to live motorway. They had also deleted all of the tags for the current road bridge. ... and they're back:

Re: [Talk-GB] Possible vandalism? New Forth Road Bridge being changed to motorway from construction

2014-02-10 Thread Filip Chirita Rares Cristian
I agree with your points, especially since there's more and more talk about introuding OSM into school environments, and not just for the UK region but also being part of the curriculum in other parts of Europe. The only problem I see with that is that it seems to be against the open part of

Re: [Talk-GB] Possible vandalism? New Forth Road Bridge being changed to motorway from construction

2014-02-10 Thread Roger Calvert
It might be worth considering a 'play' version of the data base, where beginners, schools and others could try things out without damaging the main map. This would be refreshed every so often, and changes would disappear. Roger On 10/02/2014 10:57, Filip Chirita Rares Cristian wrote: I agree

Re: [Talk-GB] Possible vandalism? New Forth Road Bridge being changed to motorway from construction

2014-02-10 Thread SomeoneElse
Roger Calvert wrote: It might be worth considering a 'play' version of the data base, where beginners, schools and others could try things out without damaging the main map. This would be refreshed every so often, and changes would disappear. I've occasionally pointed new mappers at

Re: [Talk-GB] Possible vandalism? New Forth Road Bridge being changed to motorway from construction

2014-02-10 Thread Filip Chirita Rares Cristian
Isn't also the iD tutorial in a sandbox environment? Can't we make that publicly avalable? Chris On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 11:28 AM, SomeoneElse li...@mail.atownsend.org.ukwrote: Roger Calvert wrote: It might be worth considering a 'play' version of the data base, where beginners, schools

Re: [Talk-GB] Possible vandalism? New Forth Road Bridge being changed to motorway from construction

2014-02-10 Thread Richard Mann
These users probably want a rendering. It's too easy to change the data, wait for it to render then grab the result. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Possible vandalism? New Forth Road Bridge being changed to motorway from construction

2014-02-10 Thread Richard Symonds
Perhaps a 'preview' button, like Wikipedia has, which generates a rendering when clicked? Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor,

Re: [Talk-GB] Possible vandalism? New Forth Road Bridge being changed to motorway from construction

2014-02-10 Thread Bob Kerr
I have sent a message as well Cheers Bob On Sun, 9/2/14, Donald Noble drno...@gmail.com wrote: Subject: [Talk-GB] Possible vandalism? New Forth Road Bridge being changed to motorway from construction To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Date: Sunday, 9

[Talk-GB] Possible vandalism? New Forth Road Bridge being changed to motorway from construction

2014-02-09 Thread Donald Noble
Hi All, The user robbief14 [1] has changed sections of the M90 around the New Forth Road Bridge which are still currently under construction to live motorway. They had also deleted all of the tags for the current road bridge. I therefore reverted this changeset before further changes were made,

Re: [Talk-GB] Possible vandalism? New Forth Road Bridge being changed to motorway from construction

2014-02-09 Thread tony wroblewski
Hi Donald I had a similar problem with a user adding random buildings to places that don't exist, as well as really badly mapped areas with intersecting/crossing buildings and incorrectly tagged areas. the user in question never got back to me. It seems to me like he was using OSM as a sandbox,

Re: [Talk-GB] Possible vandalism? New Forth Road Bridge being changed to motorway from construction

2014-02-09 Thread Chris Fleming
On Sun, Feb 09, 2014 at 08:32:25PM +, Donald Noble wrote: Hi All, The user robbief14 [1] has changed sections of the M90 around the New Forth Road Bridge which are still currently under construction to live motorway. They had also deleted all of the tags for the current road bridge. I