[OSM-talk] "local chapter" DWG

[Kathleen Danielson]

Manning, I think this is a great idea. It would be great to give local
communities even more ownership over the map/data in their area.


On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 7:57 AM, maning sambale
<emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com>wrote:

> Dear everyone,
>
> This is a thorny issue bit will ask anyway. ;)
>
> Not very often, but we do encounter questionable contributions.
> Normally, local mappers would contact the specific contributor  to
> explain and provide guidance.  But in some cases, these messages were
> ignored and the contributor continues to do questionable edits.
>
> There is a DWG [0] to resolve such issue.  We do understand that DWG
> members are volunteers like most of us and local issues might not get
> attention immediately.  I would like to discuss the possibility for
> our local chapter/community to form our own sort of DWG where we can
> address local concerns/disputes.
>
> We have a few active and trusted volunteers who can discuss and
> resolve such issues.  But in rare occasions we think we should have
> the rights to do "temporary blocks" within our local areas.
>
> [0] wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Data_working_group
> --
> cheers,
> maning
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