[OSM-talk] RR8 - Possible International Vandal

[andrzej zaborowski]

2009/9/2 Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com>:
> 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

I think it was said in this same thread that it was the DWG's task?

>
>> 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)

You might want to see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Revert,_block,_ignore

I think locking accounts should be one of the tools available to the
community, maybe by means of a working group (not like the DWG which
is separate from the community judging from Peter's words, and has
response times and the "not my problem" attitude worthy of a serious
committee-style working group)

> 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.

Also not everybody can develop or deploy tools that can be used
directly from osm website or affect other user's permissions, you do
need a permission to do that.

Cheers