[OSM-talk] Sudden influx of bad HOTosm edits in West Bank

[Andy Townsend]

On 31/10/2017 12:43, Frederik Ramm wrote:
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> Have we found out anything about this yet?

None of the users who have entries in changeset discussions have 
commented in those discussions, including the person who created the 
task at HOT.  I also don't see any attempt to tidy up the data after the 
event (but to be fair it is only 2 days - I'd usually wait a few more 
days before assuming that I won't get a reply).

It'd be great if some of the people in this thread could volunteer to 
help these mappers achieve what they are trying to achieve and learn how 
to edit OSM productively.  Unfortunately the DWG can't be everywhere - 
we rely very much on everyone else in the community to help new 
mappers.  As has been said before most of the problems here (as 
elsewhere) are just new mapper issues and are relatively easily resolved.

Also, don't forget there are really good examples of how to do this 
elsewhere - look at the work the Irish community has done with both 
remote and local mapping in Lesotho, for example.

Best Regards,

Andy