[OSM-talk-be] Lang usages and modifications in BXL

[Ben Laenen]

On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Dennis Bollyn <dennis at gyrbo.be> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> It was agreed upon that, in Brussels, whoever adds the name could decide the
> order. This was meant as a sort of incentive for people to go out there and
> be the first to map an area.

Indeed, whoever maps first decides in Brussels. Only in the facility
communities in Flanders and Wallonia the official language is placed
first as a rule.

> So in this case, if the order was changed, this for me is disrespectful to
> the original mapper and should be reverted.

In OSM terms systematically changing the order qualifies as vandalism.
We're not doing politics here.

That said, make sure this user is not doing this due to some
misunderstandings. The two examples above aren't enough for me to
blame him for doing malicious things, but I haven't checked his entire
history.

Greetings
Ben