On 21 Jul 2009, at 12:15, David Earl wrote: > Dave Stubbs wrote: >> I really hope that this >> central working group doesn't get distracted by every clown in the >> world who messes with an area for a few hours after an evening in >> the pub! >> Most disappear quite happily without further interaction. The >> community can handle the revert. >> It's only persistent problem users that require further attention >> and there have been mercifully few of them. > > This guy is persistent. He's done 35 changesets over about 6 weeks > and keeps coming back.
Ok, so who is going to press the button for us, and can then do it sooner rather than later? Can we also be informed as to who we should ask to press the button in future to avoid having a big discussion each time? What I propose for GB is that when someone notices a suspect set of edits they starts watching the users contributions and send them a polite message. If the edit is small in nature one just reverts the ways manually after an appropriate interval. If the damage is extensive or sustained then one need not wait for long for a response to the message, particularly if further damage has occurred since the message was sent. If the damage is extensive one then puts an email on talk-gb and possibly also on regional lists asking for people's thoughts. One should also contact major contributors in the area affected who are not known to be on email lists (these major contributors can be established using OSM Mapper or through the OSM History tab). Finally, assuming one gets support and consensus for the revert then one requests a revert from the appropriate administrator. If further damage continues and the above is not effective then one might consider the need to block IP addresses or ban users then one should contact the Data Working Group. Regards, Peter Miller > > David > _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
