simon ,
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If you really want to get upset about something going on in open source / open data space, I would suggest considering Niantic.

After years of refusing any communication with , not to mention -any- kind of support. Niantic joined the Linux Foundations @linuxfoundation Overture (for substantial amounts of money), but its customers continue to vandalize OSM, burning lots of volunteer time at multiple levels.

https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/beware-of-fake-beaches-pokemon-go/112413

NanoBookReview ,
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@simon @linuxfoundation Is the Pokemon Go load too big to just require manual review for each submission? I'd be fine with making that sort of thing a part of my regular activity. It would certainly be faster than my current self-imposed task of adding house information in neglected neighborhoods.

simon OP ,
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@NanoBookReview @linuxfoundation it is by far the not 1st time we've had a wave of Niantic driven vandalism.

The "good" thing is that is tends to be reasonably well detectable because tied to specific types of objects, so for example you could set up a RSS feed from https://osmcha.org/ to get a notification when a suspect changeset is found.

NanoBookReview ,
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@simon mmm, that would be beyond my skill set.

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