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<p dir="auto">Ok, so at the very least there's an imbalance here. The DWG can already hide notes, or changeset discussions, or user profile discussions. I have done that occasionally when discussions became too heated, or when, in spite of us asking them not to, users brought up the same topic again and again in unrelated changeset discussions. I'm not aware of us using these features on a grand scale but we sometimes use them in the course of defusing a conflict.</p>
<p dir="auto">Being able to change or hide user profile text (as well as changeset comments which is a different issue and more pressing because not even the user themselves can hide them, and users sometimes accidentally reveal private information) are two tools currently missing from the DWG's toolbox and there have been situations where we would like to have used them to help defuse a conflict. These tools would surely make a sensible complement to the already existing ones mentioned above.</p>
<p dir="auto">Should the DWG wield these tools, or should some other body? I don't mind much; speaking as a DWG member, if there was a group to whom we could offload "user XY is annoying other mappers with their comments, please deal with that" and they could be trusted to deal with it efficiently, I don't see a problem.</p>
<p dir="auto">The only way to make unwanted content on a user diary page go away (content of which the OSMF is the publisher) is currently for an admin to delete/disable the user account altogether. This is a drastic measure, especially if you would like to give the user the opportunity to rectify the situation. Hence the suggestion of being able to "hide" a profile without deleting/disabling the user account.</p>
<p dir="auto">Users affected by a DWG action have the option of appealing to the OSMF board and this is a process that has been tried and tested so I'm not too worried there.</p>
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