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

[Paul Fox]

abigail wrote:
 > 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

i suspect using the term "petty" might not be the best way to make
the point, however. ;-)  this dispute (and others like it) are highly
charged, emotionally.

you're right, of course, that the multiple view mechanism is also
prone to being disrupted.  it was just a thought.  i suspect that the
wiki-like "nothing ever gets deleted, only edited" mechanism may also
be important, but i have no idea how that could be made to work in a
system like OSM.

paul
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 paul fox, pgf at foxharp.boston.ma.us (arlington, ma, where it's 38.1 degrees)