[Talk-GB] Marks & Sparks...

[Richard Symonds]

Perhaps "should not be tolerated" is a bit strongly worded. "Should be
prevented"?

Richard Symonds
Wikimedia UK
0207 065 0992

Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).

*Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*


On 9 August 2014 11:09, Will Phillips <wp4587 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From a quick look, there seems to be a lot wrong with osmmaker's edits. It
> appears he has indiscriminately selected all objects in the world tagged
> with 'Marks and Spencer' (and variant spellings) and then added a load of
> tags. No checks seem to have been done to confirm whether the things he's
> changing are real 'Marks and Spencer' stores. This has led to tags like
> 'brand' and 'website' being wrongly added to things like bus stops, public
> transport stop areas and car parks. His earlier edits also wrongly changed
> an M&S distribution warehouse.
>
> I think consultation before making mass changes is essential. Undiscussed
> edits of this sort often degrade the data and should not be tolerated.
>
> Regards,
> Will
>
>
>
> On 09/08/2014 10:35, Dave F. wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> So, apart from the non discussion being supposedly /wrong/. What are the
>> errors in osmmaker's edits?
>>
>> If they'd been done individually (not that hard) would people kicked up a
>> fuss?
>>
>> I'm not convinced 33 entity amendments can be described as a "mass edit"
>>
>> Dave F.
>>
>>
>>
>> ---
>> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus
>> protection is active.
>> http://www.avast.com
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Talk-GB mailing list
>> Talk-GB at openstreetmap.org
>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Talk-GB mailing list
> Talk-GB at openstreetmap.org
> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/attachments/20140809/f47c30b1/attachment.html>