Richard Degelder wrote: > When we are importing data from GeoBase would it not be a good idea to > do so under a user name other than the one each user normally uses? > > If I am editing something the edits always appear under the user name > rtdg but possibly we should consider a special user name for those times > that each person is doing a bulk upload to differentiate that it is not > a normal edit process. That can be a common user name for all GeoBase > imports or each person can set up their own special user name to be only > used to do a bulk import from GeoBase, an example might be for me to use > rtdg-GeoBase for any bulk uploads from GeoBase and still use rtdg for my > normal edits, even if the edits are to GeoBase derived data, or > uploads. > > The advantage is that in the event of something really going wrong with > the bulk import we have a clear user name to look to for backing out the > data. Another advantage is that it also allows people to quickly > realize that the data was not part of a normal upload process but is, in > fact, a part of a special bulk import from GeoBase. People can then > determine how much they trust the data from their personal experiences > looking at other data imported into OSM. > > Richard Degelder > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca > Definitely. I'd suggest at least a distinct name per type of upload.
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