Quasi off-topic, but you should have written on users:Poland board on forum.osm.org. The talk-pl mailing list is pretty much dead among active (in terms of participation) OSM contributors.
On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 10:39 PM, jan zejer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > Recently I sent following message to imports list. Given the fact I did not > get any response and also, after some thought I am thinking it is more of > general topic, I'd like to ask you for advice. What do you think about the > problem? > > Jan > > Dnia Czwartek, 2 Kwietnia 2015 22:49 jan zejer napisał(a) >> Hi, >> I'm not sure if this is a right place but I'll give it a try. I am having >> some problems regarding automated edits which affected my local area and I >> am not sure what can I do about it. Those are changesets which contain the >> edits: >> >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/29768605 >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/29768572 >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/29768527 >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/29768413 >> >> The changes are part of bigger initiative which affects whole country. The >> edits are about reformatting house numbers. In my opinion it doesn't really >> matter what are those changes really about (but I'll get back to this >> later), but how they were conducted (i.e. completely against Automated Edits >> code of conduct) >> >> I tried to investigate reason behind the changes and find its documentation, >> I could not find any. That's why I turned to my local community to point me >> to resources behind the edit: >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-pl/2015-April/001689.html (in >> Polish). >> >> "Thankfully" author of the changes took part in discussion. Basically he >> admitted that he acted against OSM rules (there is no discussion, no >> documentation of changes), but he justifies it by the fact he is doing right >> thing. Also, he claims that he is part of OSM since 2007 and if I don't like >> his changes I should find myself another mapping project (sic!). >> >> To sum this up: >> - Automatic changes were done against OSM rules. >> - Asking for explanation about it made me attacked by the author who >> instead of explain me politely his reasoning, attacked me. >> - Author of the changes behaves like he is allowed to do more than other >> community members because he's been around since 2007. >> >> So my questions are: is community supposed to run like this? What can I do >> about it to fix it? Can I escalate this problem somewhere? Would it be ok if >> I reverted those changes? >> >> Back to the changes itself. Those changes are about removing spaces from >> addresses. Like "11 A" becomes "11A". In my opinion it is a bad change >> (people are using addresses with spaces, such addresses are being used in >> government issued documents). People taking part in discussion (started by >> me, after changes were conducted) are claiming this change is ok, because: >> - wiki article (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Pl:Key:addr) says there >> should be no spaces (but there is no source (like discussion) of this >> statement) >> - one of Polish law acts indirectly states that *newly* created addresses >> should not have spaces in them >> - some application from which addresses are sometimes imported to OSM does >> not allow spaces in house numbers. >> >> But as I said, it's not about change itself (but the way it was conducted). >> I am not sure whether I am right with spaces being in house numbers. What >> disturbed me is fact that I was treated rudely because I asked questions and >> I don't have 8 years of experience in OSM. Am I oversensitive or is there >> something wrong? >> >> Jan > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
