[talk-au] Deletion of informal paths by NSW NPWS

[Andrew Welch]

As much as we want to wait on them and work with them, there’s probably a
point at which we should treat their edits like vandalism (and just revert
their deletions) until they actually work with us.

Thanks,
Andrew Welch
mail at andrewwelch.net


On Thu, 29 Feb 2024 at 8:13 pm, Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefitz1 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I've yet had no response back from Stephen Stenberg re Slate Falls
> Lookout, after I basically repeated what you all had already said to him :-(
>
> Thanks
>
> Graeme
>
>
> On Thu, 29 Feb 2024 at 10:51, Andrew Welch via Talk-au <
> talk-au at openstreetmap.org> wrote:
>
>> The user who's edits were revered by Frederik has now tagged those ways
>> as access=no, hopefully that means the message is starting to get across to
>> NPWS.
>>
>> They did set some questionable names on those trails though, and haven't
>> replied to a changeset comment asking about those.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Andrew Welch
>> mail at andrewwelch.net
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 28 Feb 2024 at 23:12, Mark Pulley <mrpulley at iinet.net.au> wrote:
>>
>>> There’s probably going to be other examples of NPWS deleting paths. I’ve
>>> just had a look at the Jungle Circuit in Blackheath. This was deleted by
>>> NPWS https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/144648041 - at least most
>>> of it was, a small bridge was left behind near the creek, and the first
>>> part from Rodriguez Pass was left alone. With Rodriguez Pass currently
>>> closed, I’m not able to check it in-person. It was passable in 2017, with
>>> some indistinct sections, so it’s possible that the 2020 fires and 2022
>>> floods have finished it off. I’ve asked a clarifying question on the
>>> changeset.
>>>
>>> Mark P.
>>>
>>> On 27 Feb 2024, at 8:53 pm, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> I haven't followed this thread and I don't know if this is relevant to
>>> the discussion but I have just reverted the deletion of a bunch of paths in
>>> Tweed Shire, NSW here https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/147956474
>>> - the deleter claims to have ties to NPS.
>>>
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