[OSM-talk] Code of conduct for automated (mass-) edits

[Philip Homburg]

In your letter dated Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:55:16 +0100 you wrote:
>On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Philip Homburg
>> As far as politics go, I think that it would a good idea to just re-use the
>> current structure for introducing new map features. Before you run a script
>> you first propose it and only run it when enough people cast a vote in favor
>> of running the script.
>
>Step 1) Write OSM bot
>Step 2) Write OSM Wiki vote rigging bot
>Step 3) Propose bot
>Step 4) Rig vote
>Step 5) Run OSM bot all the while pointing at the wiki shouting "look!
>13 people approved it!"
>
>I'm not so convinced :-)

Ignoring the smiley for the moment, I think that the biggest risk are the
people who are just trying to help, and then get the details wrong.

There is not much you can do if someone just rents a botnet and then pollutes
then database.