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

[Andrew Welch]

Frederik basically covers what I was trying to say, the edits go against
how we map in OSM, and repeated attempts to work with them just haven't
worked yet. OSM does not belong to NPWS, they can't just go deleting things
like it's their own GIS system.
If they have better things to do, then they should stop continuing the edit
wars and work with us. We've asked them to edit using our agreed-upon ways,
but that only happened for the first time this week after their deletions
were immediately reverted. This isn't something that's been going on for a
week or two, it's been several months.

If they want to help OSM reflect the true status of these tracks, they need
to respect how OSM works. We want to work with them, and have been trying
to. It's really up to them to come to the table at this point.

Thanks,
Andrew Welch
mail at andrewwelch.net


On Thu, 29 Feb 2024 at 21:12, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On 29/02/2024 11:20, Adam Steer wrote:
> > Wait ... does the OSM community seriously want to call public land
> > managers vandals for attempting to manage access to parts of public land
> > effectively?
>
> You're right that in the strict sense of the word you'd only use it for
> someone who damages OSM without gaining anything themselves.
>
> But deleting tracks that exist on the ground clearly *is* damaging OSM,
> so if you want to avoid the "v-word" then at the very least you should
> say: These people are willfully damaging OSM in pursuing their own goals.
>
> And if you repeatedly damage OSM, then we'll kick you out. No matter if
> you're Joe Random, or the Emperor of China.
>
> Bye
> Frederik
>
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