[OSM-talk] Import guidelines & OSMF/DWG governance

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

On 18.09.2012 20:34, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> So you are blocking one user because other users working on similar
> stuff (cadastre integration) did not work correctly?

The user was not blocked because others did not work correctly.

He was blocked - for 24 hours - because he did not adhere to the import 
policy, was asked to comply, and chose to ignore that.

> Can you point to such issues caused by the user that was actually
> blocked?

Doing this would only deviate into a discussion about whether or not 
certain data is "good".

I continuously read the argument that cadastre imports were not imports 
per se because it is a careful, small-scale, manual integration and not 
an import.

I am sure there are many users in France doing exactly that - a careful, 
small-scale, high-quality data integration. Most of them are probably 
way below the OSMF radar.

But if the work of one person surpasses the million-object mark then is 
that still a small-scale import? How much time does it take to review 
carefully a million objects? Is it possible that a simple "JOSM did not 
report anything obvious" takes the place of the careful review? I am 
pretty sure that above a certain number, a proper quality review is 
simply not possible, and it is there that imports start.

Bye
Frederik

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