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<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Some things are here (traditionally) more complicated than expected.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Apr 4, 2022, 14:54 by kaartjesman@mykolab.com:<br></div></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div>I just went though this thread, the added history and most <br></div><div>interestingly; the linked homepage of andy who describes[1]<br></div><div>him/her self as:<br></div><blockquote>Freelance Wikipedia, Wikidata and OpenStreetMap consultant<br></blockquote><div>This looks like a conflict of interest gone wrong, and its hurting <br></div><div>the OSM project. Paid people tend to "win" unfair battles like <br></div><div>this, and that does not seem at all in the interest of OSM in <br></div><div>this case.<br></div></blockquote><div dir="auto">The funny part is that I can also be also described in this way<br></div><div dir="auto">and I actually investigated using Wikidata during one of contracts.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">So while it is OK to suspect conflict of interests (it is one of <br></div><div dir="auto">expected negatives when someone gets paid and some of<br></div><div dir="auto">bias may be unconscious), but it applies also to me, see<br></div><div dir="auto">say <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Mateusz%20Konieczny/diary/397825" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Mateusz%20Konieczny/diary/397825</a><br></div><div dir="auto">or my old GSoC grant.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">(I am not getting paid at all for work on this proposal,<br></div><div dir="auto">if anything I did parts of it during procrastinating from paid work,<br></div><div dir="auto">it is also not related to any work that I ever did or plan to do)<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I suspect that at most they really like Wikidata, I am not expecting<br></div><div dir="auto">at all that they are paid for keeping this link there.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I think that it is better to drop this part of topic (said by person also<br></div><div dir="auto">with a conflict of interest...)<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div dir="auto">Can a moderator perhaps step in? Lock the wiki page or something.<br></div></blockquote><div dir="auto">Well, they have moderator rights on OSM Wiki, see<br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Wiki:Administrators" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Wiki:Administrators</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">So if page would be locked I would be unable to edit it, but<br></div><div dir="auto">they would be able to :)<br></div> </body>
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