[OSM-talk] Phone numbers in OSM

[Lulu-Ann at gmx.de]

I would like to add another argument to the Phone numbers discussion.
If taken from the OSM database, any piece of paper with the phone number 
needs to inform about the license and source.
- It is not realistic to think that phone numbers will be copied from the map 
with the licence information.
a) If a wrong phone number is copied from OSM it will put a bad light on OSM, but
the wrong source can be corrected.
b) If a wrong phone number is copied from OSM without the source information, 
and someone finally finds out where the wrong number comes from, it's even worse.

I agree that the entering of phone numbers should be done only beeing very careful.
But how can you ensure? I think you can't.
And pointing to the OSM disclaimer (This data is not reliable!) for the phone numbers doesn't 
prevent the owner of the wrong phone number to wake up at night, because a dump user from
overseas did not think of the timezones.
I think phone numbers should only be published with the acknowledgement of the owner, and 
that's far more than OSM can organize.

Lulu-Ann


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