Francisco R. Santos wrote: > Hi, > > I've seen some modifications in my area with a "BugMeNot" user [1][2]. > As the bugmenot.com <http://bugmenot.com> says: "BugMeNot.com was > created as a mechanism to quickly bypass the login of web sites that > require compulsory registration", so using this site anyone can edit > areas with a shared (anonymous) user. I think it is not a good idea to > share the same database user with different physical users, since we > can't contact them in case of wrong edits, vandalism or copyright issues. > > Bugmenot can block a site from its database if: "Community: users > register only to add/change content (but not to view)" [2], so I think > we qualify for site blocking. However, it needs site admin privileges to > do it. Could some admin add a block, please? > > Do you know other sites like bugmenot we should ban? What about the > already existing bugmenot users, should we block them and undo their edits? > > Regards, > Quico > > [1] http://www.bugmenot.com/view/openstreetmap.org > [2] http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/bugmenot > [3] http://www.bugmenot.com/report.php
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