[OSM-dev] Vandalism how to proceed?

2010-03-23 Thread Apollinaris Schoell
any ideas on how to deal with vandalism of a technically skilled user? has the block user function ever be used? how would one request it. I know I can't just call for it without evidence but can't spend much time right now for documentation and explanation. conformation from other users … so

Re: [OSM-dev] Vandalism how to proceed?

2010-03-23 Thread John Smith
On 23 March 2010 17:26, Apollinaris Schoell ascho...@gmail.com wrote: has the block user function ever be used? There is debate over how much it would actually help, given that it's trivial to add another account and do more damage. If anyone want't to check it started with this changeset of

Re: [OSM-dev] Vandalism how to proceed?

2010-03-23 Thread Frederik Ramm
Apo, Apollinaris Schoell wrote: any ideas on how to deal with vandalism of a technically skilled user? What you have given us here is not really an example of vandalism. You seem to have someone who thinks that certain roads should rather be tertiary, and who writes arrogant e-mails. (But

Re: [OSM-dev] Vandalism how to proceed?

2010-03-23 Thread andrzej zaborowski
On 23 March 2010 08:57, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: On 23 March 2010 17:44, Apollinaris Schoell ascho...@gmail.com wrote: I know. at least it could delay things a bit. You'd then have to keep tabs on multiple accounts, not that reverting wouldn't potentially cause the same

Re: [OSM-dev] Vandalism how to proceed?

2010-03-23 Thread Apollinaris Schoell
On 23 Mar 2010, at 1:27 , Frederik Ramm wrote: Apo, Apollinaris Schoell wrote: any ideas on how to deal with vandalism of a technically skilled user? What you have given us here is not really an example of vandalism. You seem to have someone who thinks that certain roads should rather

Re: [OSM-dev] Vandalism how to proceed?

2010-03-23 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Apollinaris Schoell wrote: talk to someone who doesn't accept any inputs? I know of 2 others who contacted him but same response. Is it completely impossible that this guy is actually right - as far as you can be right in OSM? You seem to be very convinced that he isn't. I think we

Re: [OSM-dev] Vandalism how to proceed?

2010-03-23 Thread Andy Allan
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: As I said, a cursory glance at the edits in question does not show anything which is obviously wrong (viewed from a few 1000 miles away). You seem to be sure that he is wrong but you don't have the time or patience to