Re: [Talk-GB] Bitcoin business listings

2014-01-22 Thread Dan S
Hi all, In this context I'd like to mention this edge-case seen by Amaroussi last week: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Amaroussi/diary/20772 Best Dan 2014/1/22 Tom Chance : > Thanks for the comments, everyone, I never like to delete data unless I'm > really sure it's inappropriate. It's very

Re: [Talk-GB] Bitcoin business listings

2014-01-22 Thread Tom Chance
Thanks for the comments, everyone, I never like to delete data unless I'm really sure it's inappropriate. It's very annoying when your work is deleted by somebody with a bee in their bonnet! Tom On 22 January 2014 17:12, Derick Rethans wrote: > On Wed, 22 Jan 2014, Tom Chance wrote: > > > Has

Re: [Talk-GB] Bitcoin business listings

2014-01-22 Thread Derick Rethans
On Wed, 22 Jan 2014, Tom Chance wrote: > Has anyone else noticed these? I'm inclined to contact the user > explaining why I think he/she should delete the node. I wouldn't want > to see OSM fill up with pointless info like this. Just delete it. It's another form of spam, just like the user who

Re: [Talk-GB] Bitcoin business listings

2014-01-22 Thread Jonathan
Just looked at the bitcoin map for near me and noticed: http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2541566146 Again, someone just listing their business as a node, no physical presence indicated on the map though. He's just trying to get his website linked from OSM! Jonathan http://bigfatfrog67.me

Re: [Talk-GB] Bitcoin business listings

2014-01-22 Thread Gregory
The CoinMap creator is on the talk mailing list and a discussion took place in December. https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2013-December/068758.html Some suggestions and some improvements were made, such as improving the text on the website. http://coinmap.org/ There is also a git hu

Re: [Talk-GB] Bitcoin business listings

2014-01-22 Thread SK53
This is advertising pure & simple. It needs to be deleted. On 22 January 2014 11:49, Tom Chance wrote: > Hello, > > A little while ago Amaroussi posted a diary entry about people adding > bitcoin payment info to OSM objects: > http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Amaroussi/diary/20772 > > I've jus

[Talk-GB] Bitcoin business listings

2014-01-22 Thread Tom Chance
Hello, A little while ago Amaroussi posted a diary entry about people adding bitcoin payment info to OSM objects: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Amaroussi/diary/20772 I've just spotted somebody adding a node that looks like it's solely for the purpose of showing up on listings like CoinMap: ht