[OSM-talk] Disallow Anonymous Edits NOW

[Andy Robinson]

Richard Fairhurst wrote:
>Sent: 14 October 2007 5:55 PM
>To: OSM-Talk Talk
>Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Disallow Anonymous Edits NOW
>
>Andy Robinson wrote:
>
>> It's a +1 for me too, however before we make any change I believe
>> we should
>> do a few checks and balances.
>>
>> 1. what does the sign-up process say at the moment (and does it need
>> changing)?
>> 2. what minimum method of communicating with a user is required (eg
>> mail via
>> a web form)?
>> 3. Communicate to all users (their registered email address) who
>> have not
>> made their edits public stating that all edits in future will be
>> made public
>> and that means that any user will be able to contact them via the web
>> interface (no direct email details disclosed).
>> 5. Anything else?
>
>Yeah, you forgot number 4.
>
>Seriously, Frederik's proposal (AIUI) is actually a bit more cunning
>than that. We don't have to do 3, because users who have not made
>their - existing - edits public will not be forced to do so. They
>just won't be able to make any more non-public edits: Potlatch and
>the standard API will refuse it.
>
>So if they want to carry on mapping, they either need to make their
>current account public, or create a new account (public by default).
>
>For point 1, we just need to add a new sentence at the end of the /
>create-account.html form: "The display name you choose will be the
>name to which all your OpenStreetMap edits will be attributed."
>
>cheers
>Richard


Thanks Richard, works for me.

Cheers

Andy