[OSM-talk] UserActivity / Vandalism etc.

[Gary68]

hi,

i have to think about "new users" first. how long to monitor, what will
be showed etc. it also might imply some storage of local data - as well
as a whitelist would.

i am not sure about a whitelist. good can turn into evel at least. but
of course that's the worst case. since the tool is called user activity
it shouldn't mask some actions/users. but of course it could be an
option.

the map is good for local areas and for an overview of a region/country.
but the details vanish fast. or on the other hand you could generate
pics the size of 20.000 x 30.000 pixels which are hard to handle and
view...

cheers 

gary68
gerhard



On Fri, 2009-09-18 at 13:08 -0700, Mikel Maron wrote:
> Nice start!
> 
> Agreed that filtering for users outside the "social network" of OSM is going to be incredibly useful. These are new users, who are (most unintentionally) causing issues, and folks who haven't earned trust in the community yet. Would it be possible to give a whitelist of trusted users to UserActivity and filter them out? Or only show users with number of edits below a certain threshhold.
> 
> With filters in place, an RSS feed or a map to consult weekly is going to be great tools for scaling monitoring of map activity.
> 
> -Mikel
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Gary68 <gary at gary68.de>
> To: Richard Weait <richard at weait.com>
> Cc: talk <talk at openstreetmap.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 9:57:19 AM
> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] UserActivity / Vandalism etc.
> 
> dear richard,
> 
> yes, that's an idea. i added it to the wish list on the wiki page. now
> that the first real version is stable let's see what comes up. and i am
> sure there will be new features.
> 
> although i stumbled upon the first doubts regarding the time slot
> analysis. One user thought that to be a bit too intrusive - personal
> data and so on...
> 
> he might have a point there and i think i will add the mode "time slot"
> so i will be able to produce reports for the web without this section in
> the html file. but it keeps me (or other people) in a position to
> generate these portions of information privately.
> 
> cheers
> 
> gary68
> gerhard
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2009-09-18 at 11:36 -0400, Richard Weait wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 7:46 AM, Gary68 <gary at gary68.de> wrote:
> > >
> > > PLEASE X-POST TO TALK-GB, i am not registered there. tnx!
> > >
> > > hi,
> > >
> > > i just finished version 2 of UserActivity, a program that monitors
> > > actions in a certain area. there are new reports and drawn maps to be
> > > seen in/via the wiki:
> > >
> > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UserActivity
> > >
> > > new:
> > > - map mode
> > > - detailed map mode
> > > - ways are monitored
> > > - working time slots are monitored
> > >
> > > so, now the next vandal can come :-))
> > >
> > >
> > > cheers
> > 
> > Dear Gerhard,
> > 
> > Wonderful!
> > 
> > Is it possible to add some visualization of new users vs. amount of
> > activity?  I wonder if there is a vandal-footprint that appears right
> > from the start?
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > Richard
> 
> 
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