[OSM-talk] Reverting Changes....

Andy Allan gravitystorm at gmail.com
Mon May 18 15:26:03 BST 2009


On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Chris Fleming <me at chrisfleming.org> wrote:
> In just spotted a pile of changes that someone made that seem to have
> done more harm than good:
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/1008885
>
> What's the current thinking on "un-doing" changes; is it worth
> contacting the person involved, Checking if anything useful was done?

If it's not deliberate vandalism (e.g. someone writing "OSM Suxxors"
across the north Atlantic) then contact them first, offer assistance
etc.

Better to offer to help them fix it than to fix it first and talk later.

Cheers,
Andy




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