[Talk-us] US-wide highway reclassifications by Fluffy89502

[Eric Patrick]

>
> I was planning on requesting a 0 hour block if the user made another
> changeset without responding to my communications, but it's been over a
> week now, so maybe we should just go through with the block. I phrased
> my message more as an offer to join the conversation, but I think it's
> warranted to actually require them to talk with the community. That
> should be reflected in the message for the block.


Why not block him after X amount of days until he communicates where X =
<7.  I understand that we all have personal lives and we're not editing
24/7/365, but a full week to respond should be enough time to respond. If
no response, block until communication is established.

Eric

On Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 5:55 PM John A. Leuenhagen via Talk-us <
talk-us at openstreetmap.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 06:46:03PM +0200, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > the DWG has received a complaint about recent highway reclassifications
> by
> > user https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Fluffy89502 - these seem to
> affect
> > various states; there's no rationale given about the reclassifcations,
> and
> > comments from different users remain unanswered.
>
> I've noticed this as well, especially in the southern New York State
> region. I've left a comment on every changeset in my area that is
> questionable, and have not yet received a response. I additionally sent
> a message to the user suggesting that they join the OSMUS Slack, to
> which I also have not received a response.
>
> > Could I have an assessment from the community about this? Wholesale
> revert?
> > User block and request to engage with critical voices? ...?
>
> I have already reverted the changesets made by the user in areas I know
> well. The user has made some legitimate changes, such as downgrading
> short segments of trunk or motorway that really shouldn't be classified
> as such. I think it's worth looking at each changeset individually, and
> only reverting those that are questionable.
>
> I was planning on requesting a 0 hour block if the user made another
> changeset without responding to my communications, but it's been over a
> week now, so maybe we should just go through with the block. I phrased
> my message more as an offer to join the conversation, but I think it's
> warranted to actually require them to talk with the community. That
> should be reflected in the message for the block.
>
> > The user has been blocked for similar activities last year, and been
> asked
> > to be more responsive to changeset comments.
>
> This is worth reminding the user about, along with noting that they'll
> receive a harsher punishment if they keep making these edits while
> ignoring us.
>
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