[OSM-talk] Problems with the wiki (was "Why OSM and not another collaborative mapping service?")

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

On 05/09/2015 12:27 AM, Warin wrote:
>> This is compounded by Xxzme, unlike most other contributors to the Wiki,
>> not caring to share any personal information about them - not their real
>> name, not where they live or what they like. This is not a condition for
>> participation on a normal scale, but with Xxzme making a significant
>> portion of edits to the Wiki it feels like the Wiki has been taken over
>> by someone that nobody knows at all and who doesn't want to be known.

> There is no requirement for personal details of a contributor to be
> know/public.
> And there should be no requirement for this!!! And it is not the problem.

I think that interacting with so many members of the community on such a
scale as Xxzme does is at least *difficult* and prone to more friction
if all you're willing to give away is a user name. It's harder to be
part of a community that way.

>> I appreciate that Xxzme has spent a lot of time trying to make the Wiki
>> better and I believe they did manage to make improvements, but looking
>> at the complete picture I would politely ask Xxzme to find another
>> occupation, and stop editing on the OSM wiki altogether.

> This community would loose possibly valuable contributions from him if
> this were to occur.
> A better outcome would be a more conciliatory attitude? How to get that
> is difficult.

Yes, as far as I can see many people have tried to influence Xxzme's
behaviour over the last half year and none have succeeded; as things are
my impression is we have a choice of accepting them like they are or
asking them to leave. Yes it would be desirable to keep their good edits
and drop only the controversial ones, and somehow convince them to
respect other voices, but short of a miracle I don't see that happening.
And if I balance the positive and negative things they do, at least in
my opinion the negatives outweigh the positives.

Bye
Frederik

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