[GSoC] Moderation Queue for osm.org

Tue Mar 17 09:22:46 UTC 2015

>
> Well it's not handled by the admins, to the extent that it happens it is
> handled by the Data Working Group.

I see! I'll try to contact them and hear their thoughts. Looking into the
DWG I've also found some useful minutes
<http://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Working_Group_Minutes/DWG_2014-01-05> on
last year's proposed ticketing system. Thanks, Tom!

I'm mostly just a user here - I develop a bit, but I do not deal with
> admin/spam issues - but my perspective is this: diary/comment spam is
> much more common because spammers can use the same methods as they use
> for spamming blogs and wikis. Spam in the form of OSM map edits is
> much more of a "specialist" job. As a result, as a user I see far more
> spam in diaries and comments (oh and maybe Notes too) than in map
> edits.
> However, map edit spam does happen, and it would make a lot of sense
> to design a moderation system that encompassed it, of course. ... And
> that might be the most interesting part of the design problem!

Noted! From a technical standpoint, I did spend some time to look into map
edit/changeset moderation (alongside diary, comment, and notes moderation),
and it is feasible. Of course, it depends on DWG's requirements. I will
check on them and see what they think. Thanks for your input, Dan!

On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 4:04 PM, Dan S <danstowell+osm at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2015-03-17 4:56 GMT+00:00 Yos Riady <yosriady at gmail.com>:
> >> In the first instance it's more about diary entries and comments than
> >> about changesets, though we can consider extending to include that if
> there
> >> is enough time. Serge (the mentor) has the details.
> >
> > Do you mean to say that most of the vandalism happening as diary entries
> and
> > comments? How are map vandalism currently handled by the OSM admins?
>
> Hi Yos,
>
> I'm mostly just a user here - I develop a bit, but I do not deal with
> admin/spam issues - but my perspective is this: diary/comment spam is
> much more common because spammers can use the same methods as they use
> for spamming blogs and wikis. Spam in the form of OSM map edits is
> much more of a "specialist" job. As a result, as a user I see far more
> spam in diaries and comments (oh and maybe Notes too) than in map
> edits.
>
> However, map edit spam does happen, and it would make a lot of sense
> to design a moderation system that encompassed it, of course. ... And
> that might be the most interesting part of the design problem!
>
>
> >> Well reporting will be done from existing views I imagine but yes new
> >> views will be needed for presenting moderation requests to admins.
> >
> >
> > Yes, I agree. I'm thinking of creating a proper dashboard for the admins
> to
> > handle the moderation requests. I'm currently looking at existing support
> > ticket systems as references for the dashboard. Since the features that
> will
> > be implemented largely depends on the needs of the admins and users, I
> feel
> > I need to engage them in discussion. How do you recommend I approach my
> > engagement with the wider OSM community?
>
> Tricky question! The OSM community doesn't really focus on one central
> discussion place. There's the "talk" mailing list (plus
> country-specific e.g. "talk-gb"). Also you might try blogging in your
> user-diary - there are quite a few people who read and respond to
> those. I don't have a specific great suggestion though.
>
> Best
> Dan
>
>
> > I've created a draft proposal for my GSoC application for this project
> which
> > can be viewed here and here.
> > The scope, features, and timeline of the project are defined; although
> I'd
> > love to discuss with Serge, Tom, and the other developers to hear your
> > thoughts on what features are needed/should be prioritized. Also, I'd be
> > happy to accept advice/constructive criticism on how to improve my
> project
> > proposal!
> >
> > Thank you for your time!
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 12:59 AM, Tom Hughes <tom at compton.nu> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 15/03/15 16:52, Yos Riady wrote:
> >>
> >>> As I understand it from the one-line summary, this project is about
> >>> adding a reporting and moderation system for the osm website. It'll
> mean
> >>> adding a new "Report" page where events and users can be reported and a
> >>> dashboard for admin users to receive and process these reports. Having
> >>> made some edits on the openstreetmap website, I can understand why this
> >>> feature is very important. In fact, I'm surprised we don't have that
> >>> already. From what I understand, the detailed implementation involves:
> >>>
> >>>   * Creating a new polymorphic model that points to either a ChangeSet
> >>>     or a User model that is being reported
> >>
> >>
> >> In the first instance it's more about diary entries and comments than
> >> about changesets, though we can consider extending to include that if
> there
> >> is enough time. Serge (the mentor) has the details.
> >>
> >> The key point is the idea of a polymorphic model anyway, as that will
> >> allow us to support reporting of anything.
> >>
> >>>   * Views and controllers to support reporting and admin
> >>> approval/moderation
> >>
> >>
> >> Well reporting will be done from existing views I imagine but yes new
> >> views will be needed for presenting moderation requests to admins.
> >>
> >> Tom
> >>
> >> --
> >> Tom Hughes (tom at compton.nu)
> >> http://compton.nu/
> >
> >
> >
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