[OSM-talk] mass mailing osm mappers

[jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com]

yes, i want this function as well!

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 11:13 PM, Robin Paulson <robin.paulson at gmail.com>wrote:

> i'm interested in the following from a technical and social
> perspective: as part of the LINZ import, some members of osm in NZ are
> about to add a lot of data to NZ. we've already had a number of
> mappers contact us concerned we are about to write over their data
> (which incidentally, won't happen)
>
> we would like to make as many NZ mappers aware of the import as
> possible, firstly to reduce these concerns, and to stop the potential
> outfux of NZ mappers who see themselves being replaced by bots and
> scripts. also, it would of course be beneficial to include more people
> in what we are doing
>
> are there any issues with mass contacting either (a) everyone who has
> set their location as in NZ, or (b) everyone who has made an edit
> within NZ? is there an AUP for osm which forbids this?
>
> and if not, is it possible to do this programmatically either through
> the wiki mail or the osm mailer?
>
> cheers
>
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