[Talk-ca] [OSM-talk] Yathusan vandalism

[Austin Henry]

- Sam Vekemans arranged a host of electrons thusly: -
> Sure, i'll try :-)

[snip -- not to say that I didn't like the thoughts, just that I'm deep
in roadmatcher and don't have time to add to them]

> Cheers,
> Sam
> 
> 
> On 9/3/09, Richard Weait <richard at weait.com> wrote:
> > Dear Sam,
> >
> > Andrew reported these after suspicious edits by the same user in
> > Toronto.  Would you have a look at these, or refer them to folks you
> > know in the area, and check these edits for potential vandalism /
> > reckless enthusiasm / ignorance ?

The edits out here, where I can tell what they're doing, seem to have
been something of a (scattered) learning thing.  He(?) added ref = 1 to
several pieces of the trans canada highway (even bits where we're not
entirely sure of whether it's right or not). The edits seem to be quite
un-thorough -- the bits of Douglas street didn't all get tagged with
ref=1, just some bits, and other bits got added to a relation (with one
member) which has a tag transcanada=yes (or similar).

If it's not vandalism, his edits aren't currently adding much to the
map.  But he sure has made a lot of them... if that enthusiasm could be
channeled into useful, thorough work it'd be great.  I can't speak to
the edits in ontario that have been deemed vandalism, though -- it might
be a mix of both.

peace,
	Austin.

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