[Imports] [Talk-us] MassGIS Building Import Start

[Paul Norman]

http://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Data_Working_Group

 

From: Jeff Meyer [mailto:jeff at gwhat.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 9:47 PM
To: Paul Norman
Cc: imports at openstreetmap.org; OpenStreetMap US Talk
Subject: Re: [Talk-us] [Imports] MassGIS Building Import Start

 

IMO, the process by which blocks are placed, who does the asking of the user
to follow the guidelines, and those with authority to block users needs to
be documented and reviewed. If it already is, please provide a pointer.
Strikes me as fairly ominous and potentially arbitrary. 

 

Can anyone point me to any documentation of this internal policing?

 

On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Paul Norman <penorman at mac.com> wrote:

Imports which don't follow the guidelines may be asked to stop or blocked.
This includes imports where the appropriate community consultation wasn't
done, imports with legal problems, imports without a dedicated account, and
various weird problems.

 

Most cases are dealt with via a private message or a 0-hour block which
forces them to log on to osm.org and read it.

 

From: Jeff Meyer [mailto:jeff at gwhat.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 6:56 PM
To: Paul Norman
Cc: Jason Remillard; imports at openstreetmap.org; OpenStreetMap US Talk
Subject: Re: [Talk-us] [Imports] MassGIS Building Import Start

 

Paul - can you elaborate on the point about users being blocked if not using
a dedicated account?

 

The guidelines don't point this out & it seems contrary to the spirit of
there being no "right" way of doing things in OSM. (Not a policy I agree
with, but que sera...).

 

Who does the blocking?

 

Thanks, Jeff

 





 

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