[OSM-talk] Does potlatch make it too easy for people to unintentionally screw things up?

[John Wolter]

I think the thinking is backward here.  It's not that Potlatch makes it too
easy for people to unintentionally screw things up, it's that Potlatch is
still not easy/complete enough to prevent people from screwing things up
and/or allow rollbacks to recover from screw-ups.  Like everyone else, I
want to throw in a HUGE "Thank You, Richard" for everything that Potlatch
has already become.  But it still takes a fairly large investment of time
and thought to go from a first-time visitor to a useful member of the
community.  Much of that is not due to the editor, but the tagging scheme.
More screw-ups are contributed by Potlatch because it is more visible.  I
have been fortunate to start as the only contributor for 50 miles around, so
there was no one to get annoyed with my screw-ups. Incidentally, I still
prefer Potlatch to JOSM most of the time.

On 10/11/07, D Tucny <d at tucny.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> Firstly, an apology to Richard, the author of Potlatch... I know you've
> put in lots of time and effort into trying to make Potlatch an easy to use,
> functional tool that is easily accessible... That sort of effort has to be
> appreciated...
>
> However...
>
> I've never had a pleasant experience with Potlatch... <snip>
>
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