[OSM-talk] RR8 - Possible International Vandal (assistance required in various countries)

[Tom Hughes]

On 01/09/09 23:02, Pieren wrote:

> I'm just questionning myself if I will continue to contribute to OSM
> if the admins are not able to react faster to something which looks
> like the worst form of vandalism.

As an admin with the technical ability to do these things I'm perfectly 
capable of reacting quickly once I believe I have legitimate authority 
to act. I do not however plan to appoint myself as judge, jury and 
executioner in these matters.

What we are lacking is not people to take action, but mechanisms and 
people to quickly investigate and make decisions on what action should 
be take in an appropriate transparent, democratic and legitimate manner.

A group of people demanding that "something by done" on a mailing list 
does not, in my mind, constitute a legitimate authority for me to act.

After all no matter how "obvious" this or any other case might be in 
general terms I can't possibly personally determine who is right in any 
particular case, nor can I set any sort of quorum as to how big the 
lynch mob on the mailing lists needs to be to trigger action because I 
can't know if they are people with a legitimate grievance or are indeed 
just a lynch mob.

Tom

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