[OSM-talk] Spam vs. Vandalism : Example and Future Procedure (Example from Israel)

[Éric Gillet]

OSM is not an advertisment tool. It is a geographical database. I'd say in
this case delete the node and associated relations, as it seems the mapper
have made no effort to try to enter relevant and standard information on
OSM.

But you're right there are some edits in grey-area, where the best course
of action is hard to determine.

2015-03-13 18:13 GMT+01:00 Bryce Nesbitt <bryce2 at obviously.com>:

> There are a number of written procedures for handling vandalism in OSM
> (mappers operating outside of community norms).
>
> There's not much yet in terms of handling spam, like this possible example:
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/4124721/history
> (a series of relations advertising in breathless Hebrew a Jeep rental
> place).
>
> If I thought it was just a business trying to get listed, I'd send them a
> note.
> If I thought it was pure spam I'd revert it.
> It's kind of in the middle.
> Advice?
>
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