[Talk-GB] Peer verification (was: Liam123 again)

2009-08-08 Thread Simon Ward
On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 01:11:02PM +0100, Nick Barnes wrote: To my mind, nobody ought to be able to edit live map data unless: 1 - They have uploaded n tracks, 2 - They have had m edits approved by a moderator 3 - They are vouched for by somebody who has made many many edits (insert 'and'

Re: [Talk-GB] Peer verification (was: Liam123 again)

2009-08-08 Thread OJ W
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Simon Wardsi...@bleah.co.uk wrote: It has already been said, but I think raising the barrier to contribution is the wrong way to go. Instead, I’d like to see a way of saying someone has verified the data without changing it.

Re: [Talk-GB] Peer verification (was: Liam123 again)

2009-08-08 Thread Simon Ward
On Sat, Aug 08, 2009 at 01:55:30PM +0100, OJ W wrote: Instead, I’d like to see a way of saying someone has verified the data without changing it. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Checked_by I’ve seen that proposal before, and it feels a little “icky”. The comment by

Re: [Talk-GB] Liam123 again

2009-08-08 Thread Dave Stubbs
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 4:34 AM, Jeffrey Martindogs...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe we want different policies for different areas and different kinds of data. For example once all the roads are mapped we freeze the roads, but we allow free changing of street names until they reach a freeze point.