[talk-au] [OSM-talk] Brainstorming: Simple Revert-Tools

Liz edodd at billiau.net
Thu Sep 3 10:50:26 BST 2009


On Thu, 3 Sep 2009, Peter Miller wrote:
> Only 'established users' can upload images to Wikipedia and I would  
> suggest that the revert option is only available to established OSM  
> users. It would need to take many edits to get 'established' but it  
> means that there are some controls on 'drive-by vandals' who register  
> and then cause mischief. I guess one can loose one's 'established  
> user' credentials by partaking in vandalism.

I'd think that when we hit by vandalism in AU we would be talking on the local 
list and making a decision on reverting changes.
I would think that a "higher status" mapper would be actually permitted to 
make the changes rather than anyone.

LIz




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