On 9 Feb 2008, at 14:46, Mikel Maron wrote: > what happens on wikipedia?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/06/the_cult_of_wikipedia/ That kind of stuff... > > > SteveC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Oh ok... so it's the "on the > ground reality". I'm genuinely interested > in what pissed of people will do if/when they're locked out. Probably > just trash other areas? > > On 9 Feb 2008, at 14:11, Mikel Maron wrote: > > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Disputes > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: SteveC > > To: Mikel Maron > > Cc: [email protected] > > Sent: Saturday, February 9, 2008 7:28:14 PM > > Subject: Re: [OSM-dev] disputed areas > > > > So... who gets to decide what the 'right' name is (in the disputed > > region where people kill each other over this) then? > > > > On 9 Feb 2008, at 11:24, Mikel Maron wrote: > > > > > You may remember OSM's first edit war in Cyprus, last > November .. http://www.opengeodata.org/?p=244 > > > > > > It's still going on and we need a technical solution, now. > Dialogue > > > has not been effective and banning users is not effective. > > > > > > The solution in mind is something analogous to protected pages in > > > Wikipedia. Edits would be checked against a list of "protected" > > > bbox's. > > > In those area, users without permission to edit would be denied, > > > and given warning that they should apply for access. > > > There would be an admin panel for selected moderators to approve/ > > > revoke access for users. > > > > > > That's (very sketchily) the full package, and it could take some > > > time to implement. Right now, there's an immediate need to protect > > > Cyprus. > > > A quick fix could just apply protection for Cyprus, and access > > > granted in some manual fashion. > > > > > > A developer is needed now to implement the quick solution, and > later > > > the full solution. Please speak up if you can help. > > > > > > Cheers > > > Mikel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > dev mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev > > > > > > > > have fun, > > SteveC | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.asklater.com/steve/ > > > have fun, SteveC | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.asklater.com/steve/ _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev
