As Richard pointed out in his post, there is already an "in place" practice of handling issues locally and only a small number of things get escalated to the level of the DWG.
Naturally how good this works depends on the strength of the local community, but I would wager a bet that if you can't do it informally, you are going to have a large problem trying to put a working formal organisation in place. What would help is more support, for the cases that percolate up to the DWG, to overcome language and cultural boundaries. Simon Am 15.04.2014 13:11, schrieb Ervin Malicdem: > Assigning local DWGs gets the job done faster in a local level as they > can easily find out if the edits are vandalized due to first-hand > knowledge of the data; and immediate lock out of the account can help > control additional vandalized edits. And this can be performed faster > as the local DWG is on the same time zone. > > And having a global DWG as an escalation point would make a "final" > decision in case there is a need for it. If there is a need for > arbitration, this setup would be beneficial and would foster transparency. > > Though most of the time, these vandals would never insist for their > edits as most of the time they are just trolling around and escalation > would most likely never happen. > > Local DWGs, IMHO are beneficial for faster response. > > Ervin M. > *Schadow1 Expeditions* - A Filipino must not be a stranger to his own > motherland. > http://www.s1expeditions.com > > > On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 6:56 PM, Richard Weait <rich...@weait.com > <mailto:rich...@weait.com>> wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 7:57 AM, maning sambale > <emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com <mailto:emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Dear everyone, > > > > This is a thorny issue bit will ask anyway. ;) > > > > Not very often, but we do encounter questionable contributions. > > Normally, local mappers would contact the specific contributor to > > explain and provide guidance. But in some cases, these messages were > > ignored and the contributor continues to do questionable edits. > > > > There is a DWG [0] to resolve such issue. We do understand that DWG > > members are volunteers like most of us and local issues might not get > > attention immediately. I would like to discuss the possibility for > > our local chapter/community to form our own sort of DWG where we can > > address local concerns/disputes. > > > > We have a few active and trusted volunteers who can discuss and > > resolve such issues. But in rare occasions we think we should have > > the rights to do "temporary blocks" within our local areas. > > Dear Maning, > > I wrote a post on talk-us@ that addressed some of the issues you > mention. It was posted in November 2013, and the link in the archives > is > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-us/2013-November/012171.html > > It seems that you are doing the right things. You suggest in your > email as I suggested in my post, and as others have elsewhere, that > local mappers reach out to each other to discuss challenging behaviour > and come to understanding and consensus where possible. Where and > when that effort falls short, reach out to the DWG for further > assistance. > > Do follow up with d...@osmfoundation.org > <mailto:d...@osmfoundation.org>, if you haven't done so > already. From Serge's recent post, it seems that they aren't > deliberately ignoring you. :-) > > I suggest that you consider volunteering for the DWG, and have one or > more of your trusted local mappers do the same. it doesn't make sense > to me, to have a Local DWG. There is no Local Database, only the one > global database. Unnecessary duplication of effort by creating a > second and subservient dwg seems a poor option compared to > participating in an existing dwg. > > Volunteers acting in their role as DWG members will strive to do so > while maintaining a careful balance in many ways. One form of balance > they must seek is to apply sufficient local knowledge, and > understanding of local cultural and other contexts, but not to be so > entwined in local context as to be inappropriately biased. They must > strive to seek solutions that consider the global and local context, > each in appropriate measure, as Simon indicated in his post. > > best regards and happy mapping, > > Richard > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org <mailto:talk@openstreetmap.org> > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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