[Talk-GB] Landuse polygons created by TimSC: delete them?

[SteveC]

I think the original email makes more sense as a discussion point if instead of being about "deleting data" it's more about "getting started early" on the problem of re-surveying data which might be removed.

Steve

stevecoast.com

On Jun 12, 2011, at 18:16, Adam Hoyle <adam.lists at dotankstudios.com> wrote:

> Wow, what an incendiary email, I presume that was intentional and so as an outsider I feel compelled to respond with these 3 thoughts:
> 
> 1) Unnecessary destruction of data seems particularly short sighted (maybe it is necessary, I'm not equipped to judge to be honest).
> 
> 2) The points that are in the link in your email all seem perfectly reasonable, which makes me wonder what your objections to them are.
> 
> 3) Are you carrying out some-kind of personal vendetta (or are you leading a group vendetta) against this TimSC person? I only ask because that is how it comes across to someone who is not at all engaged in the politics and history of involvement behind the open street map project.
> 
> Adam
> 
> On 12 Jun 2011, at 15:44, Andrew wrote:
> 
>> There are many landuse polygons in the London area that were created by user 
>> TimSC, who has not yet accepted the Contributor Terms. They will all be purged 
>> from the database when the licence changes if he continues not to do so. TimSC 
>> is now demanding changes to the way OSM is run with the treat of not accepting 
>> the CTs. (http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.openstreetmap.legal/6102) I 
>> believe that, whatever the merits what he wants are, his methods are 
>> unacceptable and the community should reject them.
>> 
>> I therefore propose to delete every landuse polygon that TimSC created with 
>> the hope that they will eventually be replaced with polygons based on high-
>> resolution imagery and ground surveys that we can use going forwards.
>> 
>> --
>> Andrew
>> 
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