[OSM-talk] Undo request button for changesets

[Yann Coupin]

I completely agree with Pieren here. Unless you're part of the happy  
fews, if case of vandalism/error, you're forced to painstakingly  
repair by hand the problems (and that's if you're lucky and potlatch  
succeed at restoring all that's necessary). This is a problem I've  
personally encountered when a new user damaged a lot of stuff near  
where I live. Hopefully I could spot it quickly (thanks to itoworlds'  
graphical diff), but it was long to repair and I may very well have  
left some crumbs behind me as being thorough is hard when reverting  
way by way, node by node...

We really need an easy way to revert changes, and eventually combine  
that with local comities of "power users". Being open doesn't mean we  
have to remain all equals (esp. since, in fact, we're not).

Yann

Le 15 juil. 09 à 15:06, Pieren a écrit :

> It is a technical discussion because everybody can revert changes  
> anyway.
> The point is that anyone can delete 1000 buildings in your city in
> three clicks on JOSM but only few privileged people can revert this
> vandalism quickly (the ones how know the appropriate script). The
> others have to repair it manually 1000 times. It is a way to create a
> special category of "privileged contributors allowed to revert
> changesets" without saying it.