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Carry on... :) On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 4:48 PM, Peter Miller <peter.mil...@itoworld.com>wrote: > > > On 13 March 2011 15:55, Tom Hughes <t...@compton.nu> wrote: > >> On 13/03/11 15:41, Ed Loach wrote: >> >> You've probably seen the numerous edits by chriscf. Can anyone >>>> explain >>>> the purpose of these edits& what the the tags below even mean? >>>> >>> >>> I can try, but >>> >> > The bot appears to be adding a source:maxspeed to roads that have speed > limits of 60 mph and 70 mph deducing that these are actually 'national speed > limits' rather than numeric speed limits. I am not aware of there being any > numeric 60 and 70 mph limits in the UK so that does seem to be a reasonable > sound deduction actually. > > The bot then adds a note asking someone else to go to the effort of > checking the new tag and removing the tag. I think this is unreasonable. If > the bot is robust (which I think it is), and is tested/approved (which it > doesn't seem to be - see below) then I think the note field would be > unnecessary. > > What he has not done is add a link to a wiki page for the bot to the > changeset which is what is expected in Wikipedia and I think should be done > here. > > I am not aware that there is even a wiki page for the bot or that it has a > name which also isn't helpful. > > >>> I've had no reply to an email sent to him a couple of days ago >>>> >>> >>> nor have I, so it is mainly guesswork. >>> >> >> Which means he is clearly in violation of point 3 "discuss your plans" of >> the automated edits code of conduct: >> >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Automated_Edits/Code_of_Conduct >> >> > Agreed and I consider that use of unapproved bots should be considered as > vandalism and that not discussing plans even after the event makes is worse. > > Incidently I notice that chriscj has also been ruffling feathers on the > wiki by ignoring community rules as well: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User_talk:Chriscf > > Can I suggest that someone contacts him again and says that if he doesn't > engage in conversation then it will be escalated to the Data Working Group. > Personally I don't consider that a revert is necessary (even if that was > possible) but I do think we need to be clear on the rules around bots and > enforce them going forward. > > > Regards, > > > Peter > > > Not to mention point 4 as well... >> >> >> Tom >> >> -- >> Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu) >> http://compton.nu/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-GB mailing list >> Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > >
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