[Imports] Bad address import into Albuquerque… again

[Richard Weait]

On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 2:25 AM, Toby Murray <toby.murray at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 10:29 PM, Samat K Jain <lists at samat.org> wrote:
>> Does anyone know if this fellow…
>>
>>   http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/barrycarter/edits
>>
>> consulted the imports list/anyone before doing his imports? I can't find any
>> record of discussion.
>>
>> The City of Albuquerque has a great public-domain address point dataset.
>> Except, it uses a different schema than OSM and is *worthless* to import
>> as-is into OSM. Which unfortunately hasn't stopped people. See:
>>
>>   http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/1813288475
>>
>> Richard Weait previously removed this same dataset back in December:
>>
>>
>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-us/2011-December/007113.html
>>
>> I'm waiting on the original mapper to respond, but I don't think there's any
>> other way to proceed other than a revert.
>
> I don't recall any consultation of this list so I'd say it is
> definitely a prime candidate for a revert. New user, didn't consult,
> didn't use a sensible OSM tagging scheme. Seems like he thought OSM is
> just a GIS dumping ground.

Please send the account some firm but polite guidance with a touch of
encouragement.  Ideally we will want that account to consider learning
the right way to participate, rather than run screaming from the
"pitchforks and torches."  :-)