[talk-ph] Is this spam? (boracay)

[maning sambale]

Yep! Spam alright.

On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Marloue Pidor <murlwe at mail2engineer.com> wrote:
> Now here's a Spam!
>
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/2032644
>
> Jun Domingo is all over Davao advertising his brokerage firm as he did with
> Google Earth/Map
>
> I already informed him to remove his ads but he has legitimate edits as
> well.
>
> Best,
>
> murlwe
>
> <-----Original Message----->
>>From: Eugene Alvin Villar [seav80 at gmail.com]
>>Sent: 2/28/2010 11:55:30 PM
>>To: raw at develo.ltd.uk
>>Cc: talk-ph at openstreetmap.org
>>Subject: Re: [talk-ph] Is this spam? (boracay)
>>
>>I guess Ian thinks it's spam because a user account adding stuff related to
>> the
>>username is spammy in Wikipedia. But OSM operates in a different manner so
>> I
>>agree that it isn't spam.
>>
>>
>>
>>2010/2/28 Ronny Ager-Wick - Develo Ltd. <raw at develo.ltd.uk>
>>
>>Personally, I don't think so. The hotel is not represented any different
>> from
>>the other hotels on the island. If they had set the name to "Boracay
>> Residences
>>- rooms from P500", then yes, bus as it stands, it seems perfectly fine to
>> me.
>>
>>I've personally added shops I like to the map, both to improve the map and
>> to
>>give them a (at least theoretical) competitive edge. For example one time
>> my
>>wheel bearing broke down completely and a very friendly vulcanazing shop in
>>Angeles (http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/494626516) helped me get
>> the
>>parts and assemble it very quickly, without overcharging me, even though I
>> am a
>>foreigner :) As I was tracing anyway, I of course put his shop on the map
>>(although the map doesn't seem to display vulcanizing shops yet). There are
>>hundreds of other vulcanizing shops in the area, but I didn't have time to
>> put
>>them all. Would that classify as spam?
>>I doubt it, it's just improving the map bit by bit, isn't it?
>>
>>Ronny.
>>
>>ianlopez wrote:
>>
>>http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Boracay%20Residences/edits
>>
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