[OSM-talk] it's not a fake, but "it's complicated"

[Mario Frasca]

hi all,

I sort of moved to Panama.  I am trying to find local mappers wanting to 
discuss issues, help take decisions, document decisions, and validate 
data.  it's been a hard task, and it's not the only hard task here in 
Panama: time and again I find tons of mistakes added by people who, 
mostly in good faith, won't take responsibility for their edits.  when 
it's isolated editors, I comment on their edits, or ask for a temporary 
block if they keep adding dubious data without reacting to comments.

when it's an organization, it can be easier, or very much more complicated.

one common practice, the one I wish to discuss here, is something done 
by Kaart editors: splitting a building into as many slices as the amount 
of commercial activities within the building.  I am in no position to 
take care of the amount of instances of this practice, and fix them, nor 
do I lead a group of editors who can fix such an amount of issues, and 
definitely not while these issues keep streaming into the database, and 
the stream has very variable intensity.  I've signalled it to their 
editors, or to their leaders, but apparently when an activity is closed, 
it's too late to ask them to review.  I've asked them to alert the 
community *before* they start each such activities, but I did not manage 
to get a commitment.  apparently also Kaart (as HOT) does not take any 
notice of the Organized Edits directive.

I've now moved to tagging as many of them them as 'fixme'.  maybe public 
shame will do the job.

hints?

tank you and best regards,

Mario Frasca (mariotomo)