Re: [OSM-talk] Large number of seemingly automated, non-SEO spam edits

2018-03-14 Thread Clifford Snow
Ethan, If DWG's interaction proves constructive, can you ask for their help getting the word out to other SEO firms? I'm convinced we need to work with them or be constantly faced with fixing or deleting there edits. Is there any key publications/blogs they all follow? Who are the industry

Re: [OSM-talk] Large number of seemingly automated, non-SEO spam edits

2018-03-13 Thread Ethan Nelson
On Mar 13, 2018 22:09, "Paul Johnson" wrote: > So what was the story It was the case of someone uploading data erroneously. After a block, they made contact to let us know. Best, Ethan ___ talk mailing list

Re: [OSM-talk] Large number of seemingly automated, non-SEO spam edits

2018-03-13 Thread Paul Johnson
So what was the story? On Mar 13, 2018 22:06, "Ethan Nelson" wrote: > Hi all, > > > We've heard from the mappers and have (hopefully) solved the issue. > > > Thank you for your vigilance! > > > Best, > > Ethan aka FTA with the DWG > > >

Re: [OSM-talk] Large number of seemingly automated, non-SEO spam edits

2018-03-13 Thread Ethan Nelson
Hi all, We've heard from the mappers and have (hopefully) solved the issue. Thank you for your vigilance! Best, Ethan aka FTA with the DWG ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Large number of seemingly automated, non-SEO spam edits

2018-03-13 Thread Clifford Snow
Let us know if anything good comes of the block. I'm sure you'll hear otherwise. On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 7:11 PM, Toby Murray wrote: > The DWG is (now) aware of it :) > > There are 8 accounts with changeset comments matching this pattern > right now. Hoping they don't

Re: [OSM-talk] Large number of seemingly automated, non-SEO spam edits

2018-03-13 Thread Toby Murray
The DWG is (now) aware of it :) There are 8 accounts with changeset comments matching this pattern right now. Hoping they don't change it once they start getting blocked. Toby On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 9:04 PM, Clifford Snow wrote: > I haven't seen anything like that in

Re: [OSM-talk] Large number of seemingly automated, non-SEO spam edits

2018-03-13 Thread Clifford Snow
I haven't seen anything like that in Washington State. Still getting the occasional "updated" changeset comment. Paul - it seems like they should be reported to DWG. The first user on your list, Mike Gothie has 83 edits. One was pure garbage. If the others are like that I'd report them all. On

Re: [OSM-talk] Large number of seemingly automated, non-SEO spam edits

2018-03-13 Thread Jack Armstrong dan...@sprynet.com
Same thing is popping up in the Denver, Colorado area. I've sent messages to the new users. If no reply, I will begin deleting.-Original Message- From: Paul Johnson Sent: Mar 14, 2018 4:08 AM To: Talk Openstreetmap Subject: [OSM-talk] Large