[OSM-talk] More vandalism

[Frederik Ramm]

Nic,

> I have previously reported how someone with the screen name 
> 'thebigfatgeek' has messed up a roundabout in Pretoria.

I'm sorry this happens.

> I would be grateful if Frederik can run his revert tool again. In fact I 
> wouldn't mind if it's in a cron job.

I am approached every now and then by people who would like something 
reverted. It is quite a dilemma for me, in most cases I don't even know 
the place or the people involved - so who am I to decide who is right 
and who is wrong?

It is easy in cases where someone says "oops I made a mistake here, can 
someone help fixing it". But in cases where someone says that someone 
else is doing bad work and that someone else is not available for 
comment, should I really simply remove their contributions? I don't feel 
I have a right to - there is no law against bad edits!

I really want to do the project good, but I have a feeling that 
reverting edits that are considered bad by a few users is probably 
abusing my powers as a script writer. I would do that for an area I know 
and where I could conceivably also fix things by hand, but for Pretoria...?

What whout the others suggest? Or do if they were me? I could of course 
just publish the script (those with a clue can write their own anyway), 
but would this perhaps run the risk of giving tools to clueless people 
that they cannot wield properly?

Bye
Frederik

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