[Talk-us] [Imports] MassGIS Building Import Start

[Toby Murray]

On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 11:47 PM, Jeff Meyer <jeff at gwhat.org> wrote:
> IMO, the process by which blocks are placed, who does the asking of the user
> to follow the guidelines, and those with authority to block users needs to
> be documented and reviewed. If it already is, please provide a pointer.
> Strikes me as fairly ominous and potentially arbitrary.
>
> Can anyone point me to any documentation of this internal policing?
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Paul Norman <penorman at mac.com> wrote:
>>
>> Imports which don’t follow the guidelines may be asked to stop or blocked.
>> This includes imports where the appropriate community consultation wasn’t
>> done, imports with legal problems, imports without a dedicated account, and
>> various weird problems.
>>
>>
>>
>> Most cases are dealt with via a private message or a 0-hour block which
>> forces them to log on to osm.org and read it.
>>
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>>
>> From: Jeff Meyer [mailto:jeff at gwhat.org]
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 6:56 PM
>> To: Paul Norman
>> Cc: Jason Remillard; imports at openstreetmap.org; OpenStreetMap US Talk
>> Subject: Re: [Talk-us] [Imports] MassGIS Building Import Start
>>
>>
>>
>> Paul - can you elaborate on the point about users being blocked if not
>> using a dedicated account?
>>
>>
>>
>> The guidelines don't point this out & it seems contrary to the spirit of
>> there being no "right" way of doing things in OSM. (Not a policy I agree
>> with, but que sera...).
>>
>>
>>
>> Who does the blocking?

I'm not sure if this page is actually linked to from anywhere but all
account blocks and the reasons they were put in place are viewable by
everybody on this page:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/user_blocks


Toby