Etiquette Violations by slice0

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Overview of violations

User slice0 posted to the community forum two messages (since hidden by moderators) containing patently false information about the type of geospatial data acceptable in OpenStreetMap. On April 16, 2024, slice0 posted at https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/thoughts-about-the-future-of-osm/111900/31 the following text:

reading that makes me remember when I used to live on the same planet as you. In reality not only is sourced fact based official data not allowed it is also a ban-able offense for including such material. What you call vandalism (I do too) is actually standard editing practice.

On April 17, 2024, slice0 posted at https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/thoughts-about-the-future-of-osm/111900/32 the following text:

im talking about road classification data, the project at its core trusts any random editor to class a road to their liking rather than encourage data from legal official government sources. Using government data gets you a block from editing, google on the other hand is 100% government sourced and trust worthy data.

The OSM Etiquette Guidelines clearly state,

Examples of behavior that will not be tolerated include, but are not limited to, the following:
...
Posting false or inaccurate information.

User slice0 appears to have deliberately propagated false information about what sources of data are acceptable in OSM ("Using government data gets you a block from editing", "google...is 100% government sourced...", "official data not allowed it is also a ban-able offense for including such material").

Propagating false information about what is and is not acceptable in the OSM database can lead novice mappers to entering bad data, data from prohibited sources, and thus violations of copyright laws, creating legal jeopardy for the OSM project.

The Moderation Team voted unanimously to suspend user slice0 from the community forum for four weeks (28 days).