[OSM-talk] Update: Advice needed - dispute regarding names in Cyprus

[Abigail Brady]

On Nov 11, 2007 5:51 PM, Paul Fox <pgf at foxharp.boston.ma.us> wrote:

> does osm have the ability to present multiple views of the
> database, for a given region?  rather than try and put all the
> (variant, disputed) data in one place, perhaps the data should be
> (effectively) put in two (or more) places/views, and when such a
> region is requested, the user should be forced to choose which
> view of the region they wish to see.
>

This is all very nice, but what happens when the user then deletes all the
Turkish names from the Turkish views as well?  We can perhaps try to explain
our reasoning as to why openstreetmap does not get involved in petty
political disputes over borders and try to persuade them that way, and
banning is going to be sufficiently difficult that this is worth investing
effort into.

But if we get people a tenth as insane as edit Wikipedia articles for
political purposes, reason isn't going to work.

-- 
Abi
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