OpenStreetMap
New users shouldn't be allowed to delete a lot of data
Spisany wot naoliv dnja 28 April 2014 w rěči English.Really. It’s tiring to keep fixing deleted administrative boundaries, for example.
Or revert changesets where people play SimCity on the map (and also delete a lot of things).
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Komentar wot erickdeoliveiraleal spisany dnja 28. April 2014 21:02
+1
Komentar wot RobJN spisany dnja 28. April 2014 22:01
Do any of the editors warn you if you try to upload a change that includes a lot of deletions?
Also, we have experienced mappers coming to the local mailing list to ask for a revert. It’s actually very easy to do with JOSM’s revert plugin.
Komentar wot Rps333 spisany dnja 29. April 2014 00:12
+1
Komentar wot tmcw spisany dnja 29. April 2014 02:05
The answer is yes. Here’s iD’s implementation.
Komentar wot marczoutendijk spisany dnja 29. April 2014 08:48
It’s my opinion that the layer with administrative borders shouldn’t be available at all to the regular mapper. When I started mapping I was really puzzled (and confused) by the idea that real things (like roads, mountains and rivers) could be connected to a ‘virtual’ world of borders. And at what point becomes a “new” user an “accepted” user?
So yes, I support your complaining, but I also plea for a non-editable layer of administrative (and other) boundaries.
Komentar wot AndiG88 spisany dnja 29. April 2014 13:50
I think it would be enough if there just was some checkbox “show/download administrative boundaries” either on your profile or in the editors, that is disabled by default and is semi hidden in some sub menu.
That way a user spending more time editing OSM would find it at some point or could simply look it up in the wiki.
I honestly would want that option for myself, because 99.99% of the time I don’t need them and just risk accidentally moving or connecting ways to them.
Komentar wot jgpacker spisany dnja 29. April 2014 14:46
I think that’s a great suggestion. But what can be done when the administrative boundary is made with rivers and/or streets?
Komentar wot Pieren spisany dnja 2. May 2014 11:03
-1 If it’s “non-editable”, then it has nothing to do in OSM. Create a mashup with external data if you are not happy. Admin borders are changing anyway, it shall be possible to modify them and I dont want to see a new elitist caste of super-contributors in OSM. And what after borders ? motorways ? place names ? population ? coastline ? bus routes ? etc… What we need more is QA tools monitoring the quality of the data in general. Special tools are already checking admin borders and coastline.
+1 to create a status of ‘new contributor’ with reduced write access to the db. But this should be limited in time (e.g. max. 3 days of contributions).
Komentar wot kc0nlh spisany dnja 8. May 2014 15:34
I agree that there should be some form of check and balance on mass edits by new users. I was very grateful that ID did have the warning about deleting stuff when I was cleaning up parking lots and consolidating lots I realized I had accidentally deleted a park in the process so I canceled the save and started all over.