However, someone's attempt to remove the signage pointing northeast at node/10863834705 has been only partially successful.

Hello,
What does the changeset comment "approved AI buildings" mean?
Best Regards,
Andy

... and the northwest change I've done in changeset/170994103 .
I've explicitly added that back as "not a path", to stop someone adding it from imagery (where it is still somewhat visible) or GPS traces.

Hello,
I've edited the southeast change in here in changeset/170993268 .
The key changes were:
1) ensure that the actual OSM ways (with e.g. sac_scale) were restored, so that everyone can see that they are not "regular paths".
2) ensure that they were NOT tagged "highway=path", so they won't appear on regular maps and apps.
The iffy ascent through the "ford" I've changed to "highway=scramble" - that shouldn't appear on any regular "walk in a park" apps any time soon. If even that's still wrong, let me know and we can change it again.
The other one way/1192129593 I've changed to "not:highway=path" since it seems to be a bit of wishful thinking on behalf of someone or their GPS.
Looking at the GPS traces osm.org/#map=20/56.6577074/-4.9896357&layers=HG is helpful - they're all over the place, and most people making this "ascent" do so to the west of where the previous "path" was in OSM.
Best Regards,
Andy (from the DWG)

It is possible to revert a whole changeset, but it might be easier just to remove the names where they've been added. I'll have a go at doing that. That way, the 626 node changes won't get backed out too.
Best Regards,
Andy

Brighouse, from survey, 11/07/2025

> Indeed, some months ago we detected vandalism in UK counties

who is "we"?

Are you sure that way/579582322 is really a guest house and not just an occasional short term let?
I didn't notice a guest house here the last time I walked past.

Hello Flap Slimy Outward,
Andy from the DWG here.
Whenever you're thinking about making significant changes like this it's always a good idea to discuss with the relevant community.
In this case, asking about it at https://community.openstreetmap.org/c/communities/in/136 would have been a good idea.
Beyond that, I'm really interested to know where you got the idea that "India prefers" from? In reality, it's extremely complicated, and the names that people use are affected by political affiliation as well as language (you're from the US, so that idea may not be unfamiliar to you).
With India this has happened before - see https://map.atownsend.org.uk/maps/osm-deep-history/#/node/424314145 - last time it was a well meaning European who thought that the people in India who had decided what names to use for their country were "wrong".
Often a good question to ask in this situation is: "how come I, a mapper from place X, is thinking about making a change to place Y, when the people from place Y haven't made that change already?".
Best Regards,
Andy

Thanks!

Re "the best way to proceed is to take the matter to the relevant OSM communities" it's normally good practice to do that _before_ making changes such as this (and that applies anywhere in the world). There are all sorts of edge cases out there.

See changeset/170683167

Thanks - I've re-added it to the relation so that http://ra.osmsurround.org/analyzeRelation?relationId=13159639&noCache=true&_noCache=on and http://ra.osmsurround.org/analyzeMap?relationId=13159639 look OK too.

Hi Jim,
Any more thoughts? You have an email from the DWG (sent 06/08/2025 11:18) - just reply to that and it'll go on the ticket.
We do need to do something here to guard against someone re-adding without difficulty information.
Best Regards,
Andy (from OSM's Data Working Group)

Hello,
Does the "Severn Way Source" route run along the edge of the island now?
relation/13159639#map=17/52.714283/-2.755907
Best Regards,
Andy

Thanks!

Thanks!

Thanks!

Just to let you know, although Bing imagery still shows the golf course, the Esri imagery in the area (available in iD) shows the new layout.
Best Regards,
Andy

Ah - no: way/1220642957/history
My mistake!