[Talk-GB] Vandalism changeset

Richard Mann richard.mann.westoxford at gmail.com
Wed Mar 14 14:58:22 GMT 2012


Maybe an abandon changes button? At the moment you have to hit undo (which
might be complicated) or click on View and face down the
do-you-really-want-to-leave-this-page dialog.



On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Andy Allan <gravitystorm at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 14 March 2012 13:40, Oliver O'Brien <mail at oliverobrien.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > I think we are being too nice if we assume that edits like this might be
> someone new that doesn't realise they aren't in a sandbox, especially when
> they go through the trouble of pressing the save button and adding a
> (blank) comment.
>
> I think you're being far too hasty with the cry of "vandalism" -
> people make mistakes, people do things unwittingly. Adding a variety
> of tags using what appears to be the the potlatch2 presets is hardly
> conclusive proof of deliberate intent.
>
> We've likely got many thousands of contributors who have made mistakes
> during their edits. If everyone cries "vandalism" every time someone
> messes up a route relation...
>
> Cheers,
> Andy
>
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