[OSM-talk] Automated edits code of conduct

[Éric Gillet]

Hi Michael,

2016-07-11 0:08 GMT+02:00 Michael Reichert <nakaner at gmx.net>:

> Hi Éric,
>
> Am 10.07.2016 um 23:26 schrieb Éric Gillet:
> > In contrary to the Contributor Terms, these rules :
> >    - Are not shown to new contributors
>
> It is shown to new contributors, not directly but they get informed. If
> you create an account, you will see a welcome page after clicking on the
> confirmation link which you get via email. This page explains basic
> things like the data model (node, way, relation) and says that there are
> special rules for imports and mechanical edits.
>

You're right, I just noticed that they indeed are, but a lot less
prominently as the Contributor Terms (and doesn't require acceptance)

>
> >    - Are not accepted by new or existing contributors
> >    - Doesn't seem to have been voted on before their "establishment"
>
> There are dozens of other rules which have neither been voted nor being
> accepted by every contributor. Just have a look at Good_Practice at OSM
> wiki. None of those items has been voted. They are basic rules.
>

Of course, however those rules are not enforced by the DWG.


>
> The Contributor Terms are a replacement for the former CC-BY-SA license
> all contributors granted (to everyone directly). Nowadays OSMF
> "collects" all these rights using a contract called Contributor Terms.
>
> >    - Seems to have been written by an eminent, but small set of
> >    contributors (history
> >    <
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Automated_Edits_code_of_conduct&offset=&limit=500&action=history
> >
> >    )
>
> Did you have a look at the mailing list archives of the time when this
> policy was written (+-6 months)?
>

I believe that just like the tagging process, the discussion leading to the
establishment of those rules should be open and not require digging through
an 8 years-old mailing list.


>
> Both Import Guidelines and Automated Edits Code of Conduct are
> guidelines which will reduce the likelihood that your import/mechanical
> edit gets reverted.
>

This is only the stated goal of the AE CoC. Following that wiki page means
that the changeset can't be reversed on basis of this wiki page, no more.
I think  that this page should encourage mapping good data ©, not be as
broad as possible in order to become a justification when someone want to
revert a changeset.


> We don't have a Don't Delete Everything Policy. Nevertheless, we revert
> vandalism (if we discover it).
>

But what is vandalism ?
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