Hi, [email protected] wrote:
As the topic of the map is discussed controversely, vandalism is likely to happen, I am afraid.
If the user attempts to use OSM as a vehicle to further his own side in whatever "controversy" you are alluding to, risking to bring lots of vandals upon OSM, then that might be a reason to ask him to stop it.
Why not keep his data in a separate database and combine with OSM on a map?
I expect that there will be so many edits that the uploader will not be able to check the data before upload.
He is responsible for what he uploads. We will also expect him to be answerable to the community about his edits; I have twice in the past reprimanded people who stubbornly ignored any messages the community sent to them about their edits, and just continued to edit. My message to them was generally that OSM is not a write-only medium; if they participate, and if their participation gives other mappers cause for concern, they have to at least enter into some kind of dialogue with them or else this is not a community.
I'd say let's see what happens. Perhaps you should remind him of the "on the ground rule" - whatever controversial thing he wants to map must be verifiable. Many controversial things are not.
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