[Talk-GB] Problematical rural edits across England

[Andy Street]

On Fri, 2012-04-27 at 02:12 +0100, SomeoneElse wrote:
> I've been in contact with the mapper concerned about these problems 
> several times over the past month, trying to be friendly and helpful,
> as 
> would only be fair to a new mapper.  Answers I received about the 
> "designation" tagging included things like "included on Notts CC's 
> definitive map as a byway" and "from a Definitive map modification
> order 
> from 2006" (in both cases I asked about verifiability and licence 
> suitability but received no further reply).  I've not received a
> reply 
> about the bridleway-to-track changes, and problematical edits are
> still 
> being made.
> 
> My concern about the designation changes is obviously that they've
> been 
> copied from another source that might not be licence-compatible.  The 
> removal of existing tags is a different problem, that of deleting 
> people's previous hard work (where ways have been merged and 
> subsequently re-edited it's not straightforward just to add back 
> previous tags).
> 
> What would people recommend as the next step?

I'd write to him again explaining that what he is doing is damaging
(deleting tags, merging ways, etc) and in breach of copyright (Nots CC's
definitive map is Crown Copyright and he appears unable to produce a
valid licence). Ask him to voluntarily cease making changes and
reiterate your offer or help and guidance should he wish to continue to
contribute.

If you can demonstrate that you've made him aware of the problem but he
is unwilling to engage in discussion or modify his behaviour then in my
view it is vandalism and you have reasonable grounds for asking the Data
Working Group to take action.

Regards,

Andy