On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 8:10 PM, Someoneelse <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lists@mail.atownsend.org.uk">lists@mail.atownsend.org.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I see that xybot has woken up again. Would an announcement on this list<br>
really have been too much to ask?</blockquote><div><br>This might be a pretty drastic question to ask, but perhaps it's time to start coming up with a community policy regarding banning or blocking-temporarily users that damage the data by putting it to a vote.<br>
<br>Perhaps with API 0.6 coming it will be easier to get rid of crummy edits, but as OSM gets more popular, it'll be important for the community to at least have thought of ways to prevent vandalism from happening.<br>
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