[OSM-talk] Call for verification (Was: Re: VANDALISM !)

[Shawn K. Quinn]

On 8/22/20 03:26, pangoSE wrote:
> I meant that a verification system does exist in Wikipedia and they
> now require references on all statements to keep up the quality of
> the articles which is sane IMO. We have no such system.

The big, huge difference between Wikipedia and OSM is that Wikipedia
does not allow original research at all, whereas OSM thrives on the
original research of everyone who contributes and in fact it is the
stuff that comes from third parties that has to be vetted more closely
for license compliance and copyright issues.

I agree we could do better in the quality control department but a lot
of things added to OSM will be added there first before any third
parties pick them up. That makes references a bit problematic, IMO.

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