[Osmf-talk] Directed Editing Policy

[john whelan]

>Since projects on the HOT tasking manager have a validation step, does
that count? I always try to do cleanup, but sometimes others (not directed
by me) jump in and do it for my mappers, and sometimes I end up doing it
for mappers who didn't participate in my event.

I do a lot of validation work in HOT it would be interesting to know as a
percentage how much HOT work is validated and of that how much by someone
with more than 500 edits to their name.

Thanks John

On 21 November 2017 at 19:59, Mike Thompson <miketho16 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have run a number of mapping events, often in conjunction with
> universities. Sometimes the professors with whom I am hosting the event
> will offer "extra credit" to the students who are participating.  My
> understanding of the policy is that it would apply to me.  Here are my
> comments:
>
> > must set up... a Wiki page...
> > the participating people
> I don't know who is going to participate ahead of time.  Generally these
> are events open to the public. Also, for privacy, they may not want their
> real name published. Many will not have OSM accounts coming into the event
> and it would be a little bit of a hassle to go around mid event to get the
> usernames.
>
> > Note: The recommended time for discussion is not less than 14 days
> Planning for these events is normally not completed until the week of the
> event, and sometimes we switch projects at the last minute, either because
> the project on which we had intended to work has been completed, or because
> there is a more urgent need due to a new disaster.
>
> > ...dedicated account you are using as a directee...
> It is unreasonable to have someone create a special account just to
> participate in a two hour event.
>
> >  ...you should allocate resources for a "post-event clean up"...
> Since projects on the HOT tasking manager have a validation step, does
> that count? I always try to do cleanup, but sometimes others (not directed
> by me) jump in and do it for my mappers, and sometimes I end up doing it
> for mappers who didn't participate in my event.
>
> Mike
>
>
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