[OSM-talk] vandalism on OSM

[Douglas Furlong]

2008/10/14 Stefan Monnier <monnier at iro.umontreal.ca>

> >>> 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.
>
> I have better things to do than keep an eye on the various parts that
> I changed in the past.  That's what computers are for.  Which is why
> I think it'd be *much* better if any change automatically sends
> a heads-up email to the previous author(s).
>

+1 from me on this.

Though I think lots of little edits around large towns could be come quite
annoying :)
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