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Created:
Duration:
2 weeks
Status:
Ends in .
Reason for block:

Dear osm-pt-account,

I am afraid we have come to the point where I will have to ask you to stop editing any route relations, anywhere in OSM. Your “fixes” are upsetting the community across the globe; just look at https://resultmaps.neis-one.org/osm-discussion-comments?uid=12419182 to see how many problems you are causing.

This has been going on for a long time, and we have frequently asked you to use more caution when mapping. We don’t know what QA tools you are using but apparently you are blindly patching route relations until some tool is “happy”. The strength of OSM, however, is local knowledge and not “happy QA tools”.

Your edits are causing more harm to OSM than they are doing good. You have had many chances to improve your game but you haven’t changed. You’re applying “fixes” without explaining what you did and why, without knowing anything about the local situation, and without even looking closely at the objects you are changing.

I will now block your account for two weeks to allow this to sink in, however even after that block has expired, you are not allowed to make any edits to any route relations. If you ignore this request, we will block your account for longer.

Best regards
Frederik Ramm
OSMF Data Working Group