[OSM-dev] Vandalism how to proceed?

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

Apollinaris Schoell wrote:
> talk to someone who doesn't accept any inputs? I know of 2 others who contacted him but same response.

Is it completely impossible that this guy is actually right - as far as 
you can be "right" in OSM? You seem to be very convinced that he isn't.

I think we would not hesitate to ban someone who continuously upgrades 
residentials to motorways. But I cannot see that this guy has done 
something that is *obviously* wrong.

Even if this guy should erroneously upgrade residentials to tertiaries, 
this is in my eyes not something that does terrible damage to OSM and 
needs to be fixed urgently.

I know you are a respected and active member of the OSM community but 
allow me to say that your writing style in this situation sounds a bit 
heated - so heated, in fact, that I would hesitate to trust you with a 
revert tool, and implore you not to continue writing code to combat this 
social problem.

If, as you say, you do not have the time to investigate the situation 
properly then you should not revert this guy's edits.

As I said, a cursory glance at the edits in question does not show 
anything which is obviously wrong (viewed from a few 1000 miles away). 
You seem to be sure that he is wrong but you don't have the time or 
patience to explain why he is wrong. What kind of help can we offer you 
under these circumstances?

Perhaps it would be helpful for someone who is not involved to talk to 
the guy and try to understand what he's doing and why, and then mediate. 
But that would also require you, or those who think the edits are wrong, 
to explain what exactly they believe to be wrong.

Bye
Frederik

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