Hi All,
I gather, from reading Wikipod’s posts, that it is illegal in Israel to publicly identify security installations.
Although it is my belief and hope that no one in the OSM community would want to jeopardize the security of civilians in any part of the world by exposing national safety apparatus, please allow me to remind you that OSM is not a regional platform but a universal open source initiative built and maintained by a collectivity of non-affiliated contributors. Wikipod is on a manic unilateral delete spree and he should be reasoned.
Let me share this story with you:
I was once arrested by an illiterate Afghan policeman because I was allegedly taking pictures of military installations in Kabul (basically there was a watchtower behind the three local ladies I had photographed). Once in custody, I explained through the various levels of the chain of command (mostly with sign language) that if one needed data about their set up, they wouldn’t use a 35mm non-reflex camera with 400 ASA black & white film… Well, it was nice to share the commanding officer’s meal while waiting for the senior intelligence officer to finally clear me.
Judging from his actions, I believe that Wikipod is not much more enlightened than the Afghan policeman I once cross path with. As this is more your hood than mine, I shall leave it to you guys to deal with this, hopefully in the spirit of an open source community.
Axelode