[talk-au] Map Note Flood

Mon Apr 4 03:36:37 UTC 2022

In the spirit of the OSM tenet of "be bold," and because you (all) have been so open about the real vandalism / destruction this one person (account) is doing to our map, I say "go ahead and revert his changesets yourself."

I've done this before when "the clear and present danger" of vandalism is taking place, and I'm not the DWG, "simply" a conscientious OSM Contributor who cares about data quality.  It is bold, yes, but it is allowed, and it is not unheard of (i.e. it is "heard of").  I suffered no consequences for doing this, in fact a couple of times I was (individually) thanked by the wider community when certain persons figured out I'd cleaned up a mess or two.

Yes, it's good that you've knocked on DWG's door, they can be busy.  If you can, "share the load" a bit and scrub away the stains yourself:  you really are allowed to do this, given all the steps you've already taken (to no avail).

If you don't know how to do this, please contact me off-list.

> On Apr 3, 2022, at 8:28 PM, Phil Wyatt <phil at wyatt-family.com> wrote:
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> Another 60 changesets this morning!
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> Is there any other way to alert the Data working group? I suspect there will be over 400 changesets to revert and they will get harder the longer he adds data.
>  
> Cheers
>  
> From: Phil Wyatt <phil at wyatt-family.com> 
> Sent: Monday, 4 April 2022 10:29 AM
> To: 'Graeme Fitzpatrick' <graemefitz1 at gmail.com>; 'Andrew Davidson' <theswavu at gmail.com>; 'OSM - Andrew Harvey' <andrew.harvey4 at gmail.com>
> Cc: 'OpenStreetMap' <talk-au at openstreetmap.org>
> Subject: Re: [talk-au] Map Note Flood
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> Hi Folks,
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> Can someone else please log a request to the Data Working Group re this user. I suspect me email is not getting to them as I have not even received an acknowledgement as yet (which I gather should be instantaneous)
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> He is still working away adding road names
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> Changesets in Australia by PopeyePopcord
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> data at openstreetmap.org
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> suggested reverts
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> Cheers - Phil
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> From: Phil Wyatt <phil at wyatt-family.com> 
> Sent: Sunday, 3 April 2022 12:32 PM
> To: 'Graeme Fitzpatrick' <graemefitz1 at gmail.com>; 'Andrew Davidson' <theswavu at gmail.com>; 'OSM - Andrew Harvey' <andrew.harvey4 at gmail.com>
> Cc: 'OpenStreetMap' <talk-au at openstreetmap.org>
> Subject: Re: [talk-au] Map Note Flood
>  
> Hi Folks,
>  
> He is back at it in Australia, mainly in aboriginal communities – adding street names and population and still no response for any changeset comments.
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> I am collecting all the changeset numbers but no response from the data working group as yet
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> Cheers - Phil
>  
> From: Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefitz1 at gmail.com> 
> Sent: Saturday, 2 April 2022 4:52 PM
> To: Andrew Davidson <theswavu at gmail.com>; OSM - Andrew Harvey <andrew.harvey4 at gmail.com>
> Cc: OpenStreetMap <talk-au at openstreetmap.org>
> Subject: Re: [talk-au] Map Note Flood
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> Looks like we have somebody playing games?
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> https://www.openstreetmap.org/note/3111672#map=15/-12.5048/135.8049
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> https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/PopeyePopcord
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> https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/PopeyePopcord/history#map=6/-18.272/136.714
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> AndrewH - you may need to swap to DWG hat for a moment?
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> Thanks
>  
> Graeme
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>  
> On Thu, 31 Mar 2022 at 15:39, Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefitz1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Just had a comment made by somebody in the US on one of the Notes I worked on: https://www.openstreetmap.org/note/3111658
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>> Apparently copying from HERE.com
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>> They have referred to DWG.
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>> Thanks
>>  
>> Graeme
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>> On Thu, 31 Mar 2022 at 11:50, Andrew Davidson <theswavu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > On looking at the notes added in Australia, they do seem to be an automated script comparing what’s in OSM to an external source.
>>> >
>>> > The notes added to Nhulunbuy, Groote Eylandt and Maningrida don’t seem to be coming from a suitable NT give source. One of the notes suggests a street name for a road I was only able to find in Google Maps.
>>> >
>>> 
>>> That's the weird bit. They seem to be a mix of stuff from Google Maps
>>> and completely fictional stuff. Maningrida as far as I can tell
>>> doesn't have street names.
>>> 
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