Re: [Talk-GB] Odd edits around the A460 in the W Midlands

2012-10-16 Thread Chris Hill
On 16/10/12 13:25, davespod wrote: Other recent dubious edits by the same person include this one: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/179146263 Evidently a joke with reference to:

Re: [Talk-GB] Odd edits around the A460 in the W Midlands

2012-10-16 Thread SomeoneElse
Chris Hill wrote: We have had problematic edits from that young man before. He seems to have changed his OSM ID (from TomPopple) For the avoidance of confusion, and not blocking the wrong user (!), actually the old name was tompople, unused since Jan 2012. Cheers, Andy

Re: [Talk-GB] Odd edits around the A460 in the W Midlands

2012-10-16 Thread Brian Prangle
We in the West Mids are well aware of this user and have been monitoring and cleaning up after him for some time. He has never replied to any emails we have sent him, except very early on. He is very unusual and seems to be a Jekyll and Hyde character who has done some excellent work where he

Re: [Talk-GB] Odd edits around the A460 in the W Midlands

2012-10-16 Thread Dave F.
On 16/10/2012 14:31, Brian Prangle wrote: Banning him will result in him popping up with another name which will make him difficult to track. I'm no expert, but can he be tracked by his IP address no matter what account (assuming he's using the same computer?) Dave F.

Re: [Talk-GB] Odd edits around the A460 in the W Midlands

2012-10-16 Thread David Prime
On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote: On 16/10/2012 14:31, Brian Prangle wrote: Banning him will result in him popping up with another name which will make him difficult to track. I'm no expert, but can he be tracked by his IP address no matter what

Re: [Talk-GB] Odd edits around the A460 in the W Midlands

2012-10-16 Thread Chris Hill
Sorry, youre right. Memory let me down :-( SomeoneElse li...@mail.atownsend.org.uk wrote: Chris Hill wrote: We have had problematic edits from that young man before. He seems to have changed his OSM ID (from TomPopple) For the avoidance of confusion, and not blocking the wrong user (!),

Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] [Talk-GB] Odd edits around the A460 in the W Midlands

2012-10-15 Thread Andy Robinson
Taking a closer look and will revert if required. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: SomeoneElse [mailto:li...@mail.atownsend.org.uk] Sent: 15 October 2012 20:33 To: talk...@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-GB] Odd edits around the A460 in the W Midlands Does anyone know

[Talk-GB] Odd edits around the A460 in the W Midlands

2012-10-15 Thread SomeoneElse
Does anyone know if the A460 is now subject to motorway regulations as it passes over the M6 and M6 Toll? http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.66199lon=-2.06171zoom=16layers=M I'm guessing that it doesn't, and that the two most recent changes here (to motorway_link and adding bicycle=no) are

Re: [Talk-GB] Odd edits around the A460 in the W Midlands

2012-10-15 Thread Eike Ritter
On 15/10/12 20:33, SomeoneElse wrote: Does anyone know if the A460 is now subject to motorway regulations as it passes over the M6 and M6 Toll? http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.66199lon=-2.06171zoom=16layers=M No - it is a trunk road. I'm guessing that it doesn't, and that the two most

Re: [Talk-GB] Odd edits around the A460 in the W Midlands

2012-10-15 Thread Philip Barnes
Hi Andy The A460 is very definitely not a motorway. The change is wrong and needs to be reverted. As a new Shropshire resident, I regularly travel this way, as our familes are still in Leicestershire. I can correct this from knowledge easily and can run a new GPS trace when I go that way at the

Re: [Talk-GB] Odd edits around the A460 in the W Midlands

2012-10-15 Thread Andy Robinson
Taking a closer look and will revert if required. Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: SomeoneElse [mailto:li...@mail.atownsend.org.uk] Sent: 15 October 2012 20:33 To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-GB] Odd edits around the A460 in the W Midlands Does anyone know