Generic 0 Day block for users using AI?

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In France and Spain we have a guy using AI to plan his/her trip. Why not.
Instead of using a uMap, he/she is polluting the OSM database.

We don’t expect commenting changesets and notes to make sense, but nevertheless we’re trying.

Should we block users using AI editors, here HermesAgent?

created_by=HermesAgent/1.0

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I have given them a 0-hour block and reverted all of their edits.

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I would argue that this falls squarely under the automated editing guidelines, and that anyone that wants to use AI agents for mapping purposes first needs to get community agreement to do so.

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Thanks @Taya_S, however, he continued with… another AI!
S/He updated the user agent https://www.openstreetmap/changeset/185662077
And used another AI:
Changeset: 185662772 | OpenStreetMap

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babatoko blocked by Taya_S | OpenStreetMap blocked already

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As she said, and I thanked her for that. But the bot had some minutes to continue after her reverts.

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I would note that you don’t seem to have contacted the mapper in question, at least not commented on any of their changesets.

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I would note that you don’t seem to find that it makes little sense to comment a changeset when somebody already took the effort to contact him. Contributeur en train d'ajouter son roadtrip dans OSM - #2 by K12230LF - Contribuer - Forum OSM France

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Private messages are not considered good practice for such things.

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Feel free to tell it K12230LF, K12230LF | OpenStreetMap.

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It is good to say PUBLICLY that it is good to comment on problematic edits PUBLICLY.

In cases that are less obvious than this one, if someone writes to DWG saying “I have told this person numerous times that they are making a mistake”, and if this “numerous times” happened via personal email, OSM direct messages, Telegram, forum private messages or anything, then DWG (and the rest of the community) cannot see what has been communicated. However, if it is obvious for everyone to see that the user in question has ignored many comments, we can act immediately.

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As far as I can tell, I reverted all of their changesets. The one you linked was reverted with the rest of their changesets.

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