[Osmf-talk] [OSM-talk] Way to delete buildings added by specific user, or help reverting?

Hrvoje Bogner hbogner at gmail.com
Wed Jul 10 22:12:44 UTC 2019


Hi

@Frederik

User Vedran V sent user Venko direct messages on OSM web and got no 
reply. He started fixing inaccurate mapping that user continued to map. 
As a last resort he reported user Venko for vandalism because of false 
landuse edits, and other mess.

That is what Vedran V told us publicly on our Facebook group, on more 
than one occasion.

I trust Vedran V more than Venko, because Vedran V and few of us went 
together to Faculty of Geodesy and are educated in the field of GIS and 
surveying, and because he communicates with the rest of community.

I would like to hear Venko side of the story if he ever replies.

Regarding deletion or other ways to handle this problem, we'll take some 
time to figure out how to proceed. We currently plan to release tasking 
manager for Croatia and could handle it that way. Personally I have no 
experience with MapRoulete so any advice how to handle it in the best 
way is appreciated.

@Joost

I would like to learn from the mapper on the next level, and not ignore 
their messages.

User Vedran V had more on the ground experience for his area where Venko 
operated so that is the reason for his frustration.

I already apologized about mine "bullshit" comment on changeset and 
invited Venko to contact OSH-HR community because we are her to help new 
mappers. And that is what we try to do on some of those channels of 
communication listed in the comment.

@Martin

I agree, new mappers who draw out of shape buildings and have the will 
to learn are a good thing because they can progress and do great thing 
on the long run.

Regards, Hrvoje

On 09. 07. 2019. 00:49, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 7/8/19 20:57, hbogner wrote:
>> Some users already complained about
>> https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Venko to me for inaccurate mapping
>> and imaginary mapping. They wrote to him, but he didn't reply or stop.
> The user seems to be inactive since a month.
>
> Can you point me to public changeset comments that the user has ignored?
>
> It is certainly possible to delete all buildings contributed by this
> user if the Croatian community decides that, on the whole, they
> represent a negative contribution. This is, however, not a decision the
> Croatian community should take lightly.
>
> Would it not be more constructive to make this into a MapRoulette task?
>  From what I understand, "Venko"'s building outlines are unreliable but
> the fact that there's a building is reliable, so one could just find all
> his buildings and drop them into a "Venko Building Cleanup" MapRoulette
> task and fix them.
>
> Bye
> Frederik
>



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