[OSM-talk] vandalism on OSM

[Matthias Julius]

Stefan Monnier <monnier at iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> Subtle vandalism will always be the hardest to spot. If it is
>> imagined that it might become a problem, then perhaps uploading a
>> change to anything which already existed could notify the last 1 or
>> 2 people that amended that feature, as they are the most likely to
>> know what is correct or be in a position to double check if they
>> doubt what they did previously.
>
> This would be very useful indeed.  Not just for vandalism.

A good diff tool or better a diff API call would be helpful as well.
With that you could periodically look over the changes in "your" area.

Matthias