Um it sounds like we need a system to report abuse rather than just making it public?
On 23 Nov 2008, at 13:21, Frederik Ramm wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to ask for a quick show of hands on the idea of making > the > whole built-in OSM messaging system public (not retroactively of > course, > but change it so that anyone can ready any message written in the > future). > > I am not sure whether this is a good idea myself, that's why I ask. > The > rationale behind this is the following: We suspect that there is > quite a > bit of "new user intimidation" going on here in Germany, where people > sometimes almost obsessively "protect" their area against changes and > might, sometimes rather impolitely, challenge newcomers. > > Since this is not happening in public, the newcomer has nobody to help > him, and anyone can basically say anything ("Haven't you read that > pelican crossings are deprecated?") without someone else noticing. > Being > what he is, the newcomer will of course take everything at face value > and go down a path of trouble. > > If all intra-OSM messaging were public (somewhat like a Wiki "talk" > page), then even if only few people took the time to actually read > other > people's conversations, it would be easier for the community as a > whole > to get involved and protect its interests against individuals causing > trouble, and knowing that what oen writes is public, people might also > exercise some restraint when choosing their words. > > Another thing one could to if public messaging does not find favour is > posting a caveat immediately over the "write message" text area, > something along the lines of "if you're about to criticize someone > whom > you don't know, think twice and always assume good faith", whatever. > > Bye > Frederik > > -- > Frederik Ramm ## eMail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ## N49°00'09" > E008°23'33" > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > Best Steve _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk