Perhaps "should not be tolerated" is a bit strongly worded. "Should be prevented"?
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, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* On 9 August 2014 11:09, Will Phillips <[email protected]> wrote: > From a quick look, there seems to be a lot wrong with osmmaker's edits. It > appears he has indiscriminately selected all objects in the world tagged > with 'Marks and Spencer' (and variant spellings) and then added a load of > tags. No checks seem to have been done to confirm whether the things he's > changing are real 'Marks and Spencer' stores. This has led to tags like > 'brand' and 'website' being wrongly added to things like bus stops, public > transport stop areas and car parks. His earlier edits also wrongly changed > an M&S distribution warehouse. > > I think consultation before making mass changes is essential. Undiscussed > edits of this sort often degrade the data and should not be tolerated. > > Regards, > Will > > > > On 09/08/2014 10:35, Dave F. wrote: > >> Hi >> >> So, apart from the non discussion being supposedly /wrong/. What are the >> errors in osmmaker's edits? >> >> If they'd been done individually (not that hard) would people kicked up a >> fuss? >> >> I'm not convinced 33 entity amendments can be described as a "mass edit" >> >> Dave F. >> >> >> >> --- >> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus >> protection is active. >> http://www.avast.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-GB mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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