[OSM-talk] user rankings

[ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen]

I think this user ranking principle / ranking discussion is very
unhealthy.
OSM is not a game with points for every node we shoot !
Common, become an adult and map to give to the world
and have a good time yourself. And if you go outside
with your GPS you have a free workout too.


Gert




-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: Stephan Knauss [mailto:osm at stephans-server.de] 
Verzonden: Thursday, September 08, 2011 10:32 AM
Aan: Simon Poole
CC: talk at openstreetmap.org
Onderwerp: Re: [OSM-talk] user rankings

Simon Poole writes: 

> We naturally already have fairly extensive user rankings, see odbl.de.
This is a ranking which counts who was the last one touching an object.
As 
Maurizio already pointed out this is not too meaningful as it says
nothing 
about the quality of edits. 

If I want to have a higher rank I simply select some big polygon and
move 
it a few centimeters. Or write a script that inserts a new node in the 
middle of existing nodes of a way. You push up your rank without
creating 
more value. 

So taking into account other metrics to calculate the merit sounds 
reasonable. Actually going outside to add street names is with the
current 
metric less valuable than armchair mapping roads from bing.
Merit has to take into account the time effort donated to OSM in some
way. 

Stephan

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