[OSM-talk] Re: privacy policy

[Nick Whitelegg]

On Thursday 27 Jul 2006 18:34, Etienne wrote:
> If we were to allow anonymous/casual users to add street names then it
> would be OK, but only if we had some other controls in place.
>
> Possible controls include:
> - If a user adds a street name then the possibility to tag it with "I know
> the name because I live/work near here".  Any IP address (or registered
> account) that tags more than 20 street names this way would be suspect.

It is possible to tag large numbers of street names just because one remembers 
these things though. I've probably added 100 or so street names in the 
Southampton area and beyond, simply because I tend to remember such things. 
e.g. on Tuesday I walked north out of Lymington Town station and noted the 
road was Waterloo Road. I just remembered that name, so I tagged it. 

Nick