[Talk-GB] Possible vandalism? New Forth Road Bridge being changed to motorway from construction

[Roger Calvert]

It might be worth considering a 'play' version of the data base, where 
beginners, schools and others could try things out without damaging the 
main map. This would be refreshed every so often, and changes would 
disappear.

Roger

On 10/02/2014 10:57, Filip Chirita Rares Cristian wrote:
> I agree with your points, especially since there's more and more talk 
> about introuding OSM into school environments, and not just for the UK 
> region but also being part of the curriculum in other parts of Europe.
>
> The  only problem I see with that is that it seems to be against the 
> "open" part of OpenStreetMap. Anyone can edit Wikipedia, and 
> eventually any errors will be detected. As long as each of us takes 
> care of their area, maybe even instate some moderators to look over 
> certain areas(such as highways) I don't see how major errors can slip 
> unnoticed.
>
> Chris
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 1:02 AM, Chris Fleming <me at chrisfleming.org 
> <mailto:me at chrisfleming.org>> wrote:
>
>     On Sun, Feb 09, 2014 at 08:32:25PM +0000, Donald Noble wrote:
>     > Hi All,
>     >
>     > The user robbief14 [1] has changed sections of the M90 around
>     the New Forth
>     > Road Bridge which are still currently under construction to live
>     motorway.
>     > They had also deleted all of the tags for the current road bridge.
>     >
>     > I therefore reverted this changeset before further changes were
>     made, and
>     > send a polite email asking why they had done it and if they
>     realise they
>     > were affecting the map for everyone.
>     >
>     > No response to this message, however they have changed the
>     crossing back to
>     > motorway. See [2] below for relevant changesets.
>     >
>     > I would appreciate somebody else trying to contact this user.
>
>     Not good. Definitly not open for some time, I'm going to revert the
>     changeset and get in touch with him again.
>
>     This is the user:
>     http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/robbief14
>
>     Only been signed up for 5 days  Looks like edits in Australia and
>     Scotland...
>
>     Cheers
>     Chris
>     >
>     > [1] http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/robbief14
>     > [2]
>     > original changeset: http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/20442315
>     > my revert: http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/20452252
>     > changed back to motorway again:
>     > http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/20458591
>     >
>     > --
>     > Donald Noble
>     > http://drnoble.co.uk - http://flickr.com/photos/drnoble
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