[OSM-talk] disputed territories

[Jo]

Gervase Markham wrote:
> Jo wrote:
>   
>> The way I understood it, is that the entire way was simply removed and 
>> created again... Totally unacceptable, true, but how to prevent it? 
>> Self-regulation is not going to work in these cases. The emotional hurt 
>> is simply too big for that.
>>     
>
> I'm not sure what you mean. If e.g. a Greek North Cypriot can't cope 
> with the fact that the tr:name is a Turkish name, that's tough, no 
> matter how emotionally hurt he is. If he's going to go around removing 
> them then we need to find a way to stop him - either by disabling his 
> account or other means to be implemented.
>
> Gerv
>   
Though indeed, but also the sad truth. What I don't know is whether the 
person removing the Turkish names was living in Northern Cyprus or 
Southern Cyprus...

This person can always create new accounts. Blocking his IP(-range) may 
mean a lot more people are blocked at the same time.

Jo/Polyglot