[OSM-talk] Import guidelines proposal update

[sly (sylvain letuffe)]

Hi,

I've read the rather long thread "Import guidelines & OSMF/DWG governance" and 
I'd like to propose a change on the wiki page :
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines
(you can also read and comment on my proposal change on the talk page if you 
wish to keep this list trafic lower)

From :
== Use a dedicated user account ==

Create a new user for the import. You must not use your standard OSM user 
account. The user page for the account should be used to collate data 
relating to the source and contact details for the import. Furthermore, it 
means that attribution can often be carried in the account's display name, or 
in the account's user page, which is better than putting it as a tag, as the 
user's editing history is a permanent record of the source and doesn't 
interfere with tags or increase the size of the database as much. For these 
reasons, creating a dedicated user account is preferable to using a {{Key|
source}} tag.

To :
 == Most imports need a dedicated user account == 
 For all fully automated imports, you must create a new user for the import 
and not use your standard OSM user account. The reasons are : ease of 
control, identification, information about the source and also blocking the 
account as fast as possible in case something goes wrong. Furthermore, it 
means that attribution can often be carried in the account's display name, or 
in the account's user page, which is better than putting it as a tag, as the 
user's editing history is a permanent record of the source and doesn't 
interfere with tags or increase the size of the database as much. For these 
reasons, creating a dedicated user account is preferable to using a {{Key|
source}} tag.
 The [[Data Working Group]] , volonteers in charge of detecting broken data 
imports, may decide to block your account in case of non respect of that 
rule.
 In the case of regionaly limited imports (inside a country), it is highly 
recommanded to get in touch with the local community to discuss your planned 
import and ask them if you should, shouldn't or must use a dedicated account. 
In some cases other written guidelines may exist for specific kind of 
regional imports that you must follow. You should then add in your 
changesets's comments a word/link explaning that you are importing following 
this or that guideline in order for surveillying people to understand what 
kind of import you are doing and what kind of guidelines your are following.


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