Hi, 2015-03-03 0:38 GMT+01:00 Richard Weait <[email protected]>: > I'm no fan researchers sending messages to OpenStreetMap users via the > messaging system. I consider them an intrusion. And I've complained > about them here, before. There is another one making the rounds. > Seems like there are more of these every time I turn around.
[...] > You could ignore the survey and surveyor. > Report them to DWG. They are spamming, after all. And we hate spammers. > Report them to their university research ethics office. > I earlier suggested that we retag their university as a day care or > kindergarten. Or public toilet. But that would be wrong. Don't hack > OpenStreetMap; hack the survey. I believe that if you consider this surveys to be "spam" you should do, IMHO, one of the following: 1) ignore it 2) report them as spam to the OSM Foundation 3) contact the author to say you consider this action to be spam I don't see how giving fake answers is going to help, but maybe it is just me or maybe you were just kidding. > To be clear, there is great opportunity for OpenStreetMap to learn > about itself through research. But that will have to be done in > coordination with the Foundation and under our terms. Out of curiosity, does the OSM Foundation have a policy in this respect? If no, I think it is a little to much to ask people to respect in advance a policy with does not exist yet. The Foundation has all the mean to adopt a clear policy with the consensus of the community and make it part of some "Terms of Use" of the OSM messaging system. For comparison, the Wikimedia Foundation has a Research portal on Meta wiki[1] and, for example, they can also provide access to non-public data (e.g. server logs) for research purposes but there are requirements[2] as for example the pubblication of results with an Open Access license. In short, don't wait for people to come up with a solution. propose a solution! There are examples available so it is not even that difficult. Cristian [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Index [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Access_to_non-public_data _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
