[OSM-talk] Wiki editing (was Re: (magical?) road detector)

[Steve Bennett]

On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Richard Fairhurst <richard at systemed.net> wrote:
> potlatch-dev@ list and ask for assistance. But this kind of "oh, let's just
> put some unchecked info up" is why so many people disregard the wiki these
> days. We wouldn't tolerate anything so disconnected from reality on the map,
> and nor should we on the wiki.

I'd like to register my disagreement with this philosophy. IMHO people
should be encouraged to edit and contribute to the wiki - that's the
way to have it up to date and perhaps reflecting the latest consensus.
Whacking people over the head for making a good-intentioned but
erroneous edit (hell, *I* didn't know it was wtfpl) is what causes
people to not bother.

I've restored the infobox and fixed a couple of things. If there are
still errors, I encourage someone else to fix them.

>We wouldn't tolerate anything so disconnected from reality on the map,

Yes, we'd fix it.

Steve