[OSM-talk] weeklyOSM #379 2017-10-17-2017-10-23

[Tobias Knerr]

On 28.10.2017 12:06, Andrew Hain wrote:
> His behaviour over the past years makes him a contributor of net
> negative value.

I have to disagree here. He's probably the single most active wiki
contributor, and is also performing a lot of useful maintenance work
that no one else would bother doing.

His communication style needs to improve a lot, no doubt about that. But
even so, his contributions are still a net positive for OSM.

This does not mean that he should be exempt from the rules, of course.
To the contrary: What I would hope for is consistent enforcement of the
rules, with gradually increasing penalties. Jumping straight from spotty
enforcement to a permanent ban, though, seems wasteful and needlessly cruel.

Tobias