Re: [Talk-GB] User with long list of slow vandalism

2013-12-19 Thread Tom Chance
On 13 October 2013 00:26, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user_blocks/401 This block now appears to have expired, because the user is back to his/her old tricks again: http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/19463227 Regards, Tom --

Re: [Talk-GB] User with long list of slow vandalism

2013-10-25 Thread SomeoneElse
Tom Chance wrote: Hello all, I'm trying to get this user account suspended/banned: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Quercus1/edits For info, I've just reverted http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/18538612. See http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/18542407 for details.

Re: [Talk-GB] User with long list of slow vandalism

2013-10-12 Thread SomeoneElse
Tom Chance wrote: On 23 September 2013 12:22, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org mailto:frede...@remote.org wrote: It seems you have already repaired the most obvious damage yourself. Of the changesets in my local area - others covered some other edits. For info, I've just reverted

Re: [Talk-GB] User with long list of slow vandalism

2013-10-12 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, For info, I've just reverted 18284889 http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/18284889 and 18284855 http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/18284885 by the same user (comment = This is an area of unused land). They involved the deletion of part of the A21.

[Talk-GB] User with long list of slow vandalism

2013-09-23 Thread Tom Chance
Hello all, I'm trying to get this user account suspended/banned: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Quercus1/edits I have tried contacting him/her to no avail. All these edits are bogus and many involve the deletion of features. I emailed the DWG but got no response, and the wiki page is a bit

Re: [Talk-GB] User with long list of slow vandalism

2013-09-23 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 09/23/13 12:39, Tom Chance wrote: I emailed the DWG but got no response, and the wiki page is a bit unclear as to whether this can be dealt with in the community (mailing lists?) or by the DWG. It seems you have already repaired the most obvious damage yourself. Indeed DWG prefers it

Re: [Talk-GB] User with long list of slow vandalism

2013-09-23 Thread OpenStreetmap HADW
On 23 September 2013 11:39, Tom Chance t...@acrewoods.net wrote: I'm trying to get this user account suspended/banned: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Quercus1/edits Whilst, if they fail to respond to a direct approach, such steps may be needed... I have tried contacting him/her to no

Re: [Talk-GB] User with long list of slow vandalism

2013-09-23 Thread SomeoneElse
OpenStreetmap HADW wrote: The edits seem to be seriously incompetent, rather than actually bogus, or malicious. What they've added is mostly just untagged ways (sometimes for buildings, sometimes perhaps fences, sometimes unclear). I'd mostly therefore mostly agree with incompetence rather

Re: [Talk-GB] User with long list of slow vandalism

2013-09-23 Thread Tom Chance
On 23 September 2013 12:22, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: It seems you have already repaired the most obvious damage yourself. Of the changesets in my local area - others covered some other edits. Indeed DWG prefers it if such issues can be resolved by the community through

Re: [Talk-GB] User with long list of slow vandalism

2013-09-23 Thread Tom Chance
On 23 September 2013 12:27, OpenStreetmap HADW osmh...@gmail.com wrote: The edits seem to be seriously incompetent, rather than actually bogus, or malicious. I'm not sure, they are strange edits. On the one hand there are some outlines of actual features, on the other hand there are * random

Re: [Talk-GB] User with long list of slow vandalism

2013-09-23 Thread Tom Chance
On 23 September 2013 16:01, OpenStreetmap HADW osmh...@gmail.com wrote: * changesets with the same comment that doesn't correspond with the thing they have traced, like This is a House Unfortunately, like subjects on many PC support forums, the average contributor doesn't seem to be able

Re: [Talk-GB] User with long list of slow vandalism

2013-09-23 Thread Filip Chirita Rares Cristian
Can we check their IP? Didn't something similar happen with some Google employees vandalizing OSM a few years ago? Chris On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Tom Chance t...@acrewoods.net wrote: On 23 September 2013 16:01, OpenStreetmap HADW osmh...@gmail.com wrote: * changesets with the same

Re: [Talk-GB] User with long list of slow vandalism

2013-09-23 Thread OpenStreetmap HADW
On 23/09/13 14:08, Tom Chance wrote: On 23 September 2013 12:27, OpenStreetmap HADW osmh...@gmail.com mailto:osmh...@gmail.com wrote: The edits seem to be seriously incompetent, rather than actually bogus, or malicious. I'm not sure, they are strange edits. On the one hand there are

Re: [Talk-GB] User with long list of slow vandalism

2013-09-23 Thread OpenStreetmap HADW
On 23 September 2013 18:47, Peter Oliver p.d.oli...@mavit.org.uk wrote: Didn't someone mention that this user was using JOSM? JOSM pre-populates the comment field with the previously submitted comment. The other thing it does is to add to an existing changeset, and the changeset is left

Re: [Talk-GB] User with long list of slow vandalism

2013-09-23 Thread SomeoneElse
Frederik Ramm wrote: (the *ideal* but often utopian course of action being that the user sees his mistake and fixes it himself!), In my personal experience, mappers that are still engaged with the project *1 normally do reply to a hello-and-welcome-but-by-the-way message positively *2, and