OpenStreetMap

Thank you dear [editor] for so many changesets with only a single object. It’s so nice to see users with less than 1 year having almost 21000 (yes, 21 thousand) changesets. It’s even better to try to find something that they changed.

Thank you dear [editor] for allowing users to create objects only with name (and nothing else).
A sub-thank you for more “complex” objects, having only area=yes + name.

Thank you dear [editor] for so many changesets without comments.

Thank you dear [editor] for allowing users to delete and modify relations without any kind of warning.

Discussion

Comment from Endres Pelka on 25 October 2014 at 23:05

Oh yeah, objects with only name=* and eventually area=yes… I’m calling it “donkey tags”.

Comment from Little Brother on 27 October 2014 at 11:51

I am not quite sure whether you complaing or are really thankful for these deficits.

Single object changesets. Some edits are done by people on the go. e.g. They go to a venue, note the attributes and just add it to the data base: Nothing wrong there! Some people correct the data using OSMI: Better here to upload one correcton at a time in case the new entry is wrong and has to be reversed.

Objects only with name. Is it not better to have this data which can then be improved upon by a user with local knowledge. I agree a note would be better but that is not the issue here.

Changesets without comments. I think comments should be mandatory. Is that what you want?

In JOSM you cannot delete a relation without a warning: I don’t know about other editors! I can see your point on modifying relations (and multipolygons), however. An alert would be nice.

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