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Wave of (Open Street Map) Vandalism in South Korea

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Re: Wave of (Open Street Map) Vandalism in South Korea

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Freely available and openly editable maps might be one of the things that we take for granted, but are simply an abberation of a brief period of peace and civility; now we'll return to the default hobbesian state of affairs. See also: beautiful, detailed aerial photos of oil refineries posted by amateur drone photographers to public sites. Submarine cables and oil tankers, carrying the world economy on their shoulder…

> default hobbesian state of affairs.

Is it really the default?

Re: Wave of (Open Street Map) Vandalism in South Korea

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Ask Wikipedia how they are dealing with this shit. They aren't. Wikipedia has been taken over by special interest groups and political agencies for a long, long time now.

So how are the special interest groups keeping their enemies out?

Same as it is everywhere else, collusion and nepotism.

Wikipedia editors are a special clique.

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