[OSM-talk] Anonymous edits by user OpenBeerMapContributor

[Michael Reichert]

Hi,

Am 2014-09-21 um 12:07 schrieb Michael Reichert:
> I have discovered that the user OpenBeerMapContributor [1] uploads
> anonymous edits from OpenBeerMap [2] to OSM database.
> 
> Users can edit parts of OSM data via OpenBeerMap. The can add/modify the
> tags brewery=*, opening_hours=*, name=*, internet_access=*,
> brewery:note=* and "Happy Hours" (I don't know where this information is
> being written to). They do not have to log in.
> 
> The website itself does not inform users that their edits will be
> written to OSM database. This is problem. Therefore, edits may contain
> wrong formatted opening hours information or copyright infringement and
> OSM users cannot contact the users.
> 
> The good thing: Users cannot add new POIs, i.e. they cannot create
> duplicates.

I have got an answer from the account owner. As the, now updated, user
page says, the contributions are moderated. Users can only modify
following tags:
- brewery
- brewery:note
- name
- internet_access

It was not so bad (unmoderated anonymous edits) as I thought.

Best regards

Michael



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