On 20/02/13 20:15, Kevin Peat wrote:
On 20 Feb 2013 19:38, "Dudley Ibbett" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
> ...I certainly wouldn't defend his attitude...
>
I don't know Mauls from Adam but how would you feel if you had been
contributing to the project for five years and someone you'd never
heard of sent you an unfriendly message threatening a ban for adding a
name to a road?
IMHO, individual contributors shouldn't be threatening others with
bans under any circumstances, this is what the OSMF is for.
Kevin (440k nodes)
I've exchanged messages with Mauls, about road naming and his sources.
I've carefully explained that we need to use verifiable sources that we
have a licence to use. The exchange included me suggesting that he might
like to check with other people such as local mappers, that he could use
help.osm, a mailing list, IRC etc and see what others think. He was just
rude and told me he was right and I should leave him alone. He copied
data from a local newspaper article to name a road wrongly, so I
eventually reverted his edit, told him why I had done it and suggested
that he needed to be more careful and respectful, especially about his
sources.
The OSMF is there to facilitate the community, especially managing the
infrastructure. It is up to the community to make the data as good as
possible, including not standing for vandals, or persistent
problem-causers. I support reverting edits by people who stubbornly
refuse to conform our very simple, single rule - don't use copyright
data without permission and also people who persistently make edits that
are wrong or very poor quality even after repeated contacts and offers
of guidance. Some of Mauls edits seem to me to fit this pattern.
--
Cheers, Chris
user: chillly
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