[OSM-talk] Wikipedia/Wikidata admins cleanup

[michael spreng]

Hi Mikel

I would like to offer a different view on community friendliness.

On 04/01/17 22:18, Mikel Maron wrote:
> Reverts should be held to the same standard as imports (outside of
> obviously urgent problems). That means a well documented and visible
> plan, community discussion. Rob's comment shows that it is not possible
> for someone eyeing a revert to judge this from a quick look at the data
> or discussion on talk at . Right or wrong, the communication I've seen from
> community members making reverts has left a lot of rough feelings. I
> don't believe that this thread meets a community friendly threshold for
> reverts.
As a caring contributor I checked my vicinity with regard to this edit.
After all, it touches all borders. This wastes a lot of time and is not
an activity I like. It was not announced on our local mailing list
talk-ch. Therefore I find this forced edit not community friendly.
> 
> Can we hold off on the current revert regime across the board until we
> have as good guidance and practice in place as we have for Imports?
For the above reason, and reasons mentioned in other posts, I fully
support the good work of the DWG. If people go ahead irresponsibly they
should be sent back in order to keep OSM a place to contribute, and not
just fix data dumps.

Michael