[OSM-dev] disputed areas

[Richard Fairhurst]

Gervase Markham wrote:

> Richard Fairhurst wrote:
>> If, as has been suggested, he's an "anonymous" Greek Cypriot, he's
>> using JOSM. Potlatch doesn't allow anonymous users to edit.
>
> I thought _no-one_ was allowed to edit anonymously any more?
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Disabling_anonymous_edits

No, it's just Potlatch (aka "the online editor" in that article).  
It's not a whole-API restriction (yet), it's a Potlatch-only  
restriction.

> JOSM's new "Show History" (H) function

ITYM Potlatch's?

> seems only to work on ways and
> not nodes, but my guess is that his account is "djanda".

AIUI djanda is the chap from Northern Cyprus.

cheers
Richard