[OSM-newbies] How to deal with unresponsive new users?

[Joachim Schneider]

Hi,
when reading I just remembered how I once saw just "by accident" that there was a message waiting for me in my osm account. I had had that account for years already but I seldom access it's web interface. So chances are those seemingly ignorant users just don't read any e-mails.
(Probably there is a setting to get e-mails to your normal e-mail account but I haven't set ist.)
Best regards
Joachim

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> Datum: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:17:58 -0300
> Von: "Bráulio" <brauliobezerra at gmail.com>
> An: newbies at openstreetmap.org
> Betreff: Re: [OSM-newbies] How to deal with unresponsive new users?

> Hi Richard,
> 
> I too have a problem with a "new" user. I say "new" because he is not new,
> but he is doing the same mistakes newbies do again and again (with the
> confidence of a veteran). And now he is destroying a lot of relations on
> my
> city/state and substituting them with lots of polygons. The worst thing is
> that some of these were from the time we could trace from Yahoo! Imagery
> and where Bing has no coverage yet. And I am sure he doesn't even live
> here, since he never added a specific POI or street name, only things
> which
> he can see on the aerial images.
> 
> As Clay did to his , I sent him some messages. But he never answers them
> or
> changes his editing behavior. I also sent data at osmfoundation.org an email
> some weeks ago, but received no response yet. I guess you guys have access
> to his email address, so you can send him a message directly to avoid the
> spam filter, right? If you wish, I can write one in Portuguese, since I
> don't know if he speaks English.
> 
> You could also block him if he don't answer. But he is not a bad
> contributor, just a misguided one that destroy things constantly. However,
> since he is constantly editing, blocking him would be a fast way to avoid
> more damage and to bring his attention.