[OSM-talk] We're erasing our history in wiki

[Mateusz Konieczny]

Apr 23, 2019, 10:47 AM by ilya at zverev.info:

> Mateusz Konieczny wrote:
>
>> Please note that by using "vandalism" you claim that this action was malicious.
>> Unless you have really, really good reason to claim that whoever did it was deliberately
>> doing this to damage OSM the please avoid such claims.
>>
> Well, if you don’t intend your action as malicious, that doesn’t always mean it isn’t.
>
"malicious" is about what is intended, not about results.
It is not covering unintentional negative effects.

See https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/malicious <https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/malicious>
"having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : 
given to, marked by, or arising from malice"

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/malicious <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/malicious>
"Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite"
:spiteful and deliberately harmful"

https://www.google.com/search?q=malicious <https://www.google.com/search?q=malicious>
"characterized by malice; intending or intended to do harm."
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