[OSM-talk] RR8 - Possible International Vandal

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2009/9/2 Peter Miller <peter.miller at itoworld.com>:
> I spoke to members of the Data Working Group recently and it seems clear to
> me (and them) that dealing with vandalism is in general a community problem,
> not their problem. They are mainly about dealing with those situations where
> a legal response is required such as copyright violation or where an
> official email might help.

this sounds reasonable

> Banning people is a possible last-resort,

+1. Even if it might not be very powerful (just create another account
and here you are again)

> but
> this does not deal with removing graffiti or spotting it in the first place
> which should be done by the community.

+1

> I believe that monitoring of graffiti (which this is)

no, IMHO that's no more graffiti but it's removing the covers of
manholes, maybe even poisoning the drinking water reserve ;-). It is
too big to remove manually. If like throwing a lot of
paint-cluster-bombs over wide areas. Think of 880 ways in Ireland:
that's too much to ask the community to do it manually. Reverts at
that scale (if they are really 100% useless or harmful) should be
dealt with in a more professional way than hitting 880 times "h" in
potlatch.

Not everybody is able to run revert.pl like Richard suggested, that's
why some members of the community started this thread: to ask the more
experienced/enabled community members for help in doing so.

cheers,
Martin