I opened an issue about this a year ago and apparently it came up in an EWG meeting as well. But talk and issues don't write code.
https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues/385 Toby On Aug 16, 2014 8:10 PM, "colliar" <colliar4e...@aol.com> wrote: > Am 16.08.2014 08:28, schrieb Maarten Deen: > > On 2014-08-16 01:48, Andreas Vilén wrote: > >> This continues to be really annoying, and the obvious spam seems to > >> cluster at a few locations, where 10-20 notes can be created with the > >> same information. The maker of this app must be made clear that notes > >> can't work like this, and users would at least be required to give > >> some contact information. Most of the notes that come from this app > >> are useless and will probably stay in the database forever. > > > > And the notes may be anonymous, but IMHO it is prudent to put in the > > message or the metadata which app reported it. That way you don't have > > to go on a wild goose chase to see where it is coming from. > > Think any app that creates notes should have a proper user with some > information on the user's page and like wise an email address to contact. > > This way users could still create nodes anonymously but we would reach > the person with power. > > cu colliar > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >
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