On Mon, 28 Sep 2020 at 10:00, Frederik Ramm <frede...@remote.org> wrote:
> The change you plan to execute is of limited use. Yes, it ensures more > conformity in the data, but it will be a temporary fix (since new > "wrong" URLs can be added at any time). This seems like an argument for never fixing any error. > So what your edit does is, it "touches" lots of objects and adds no > meaningful information whatsoever. This statement is false, not least because in some cases "http://" is added, in others "https://"; each of those - and the difference between them - conveys meaningful information. > It creates load on the database The level of load is trivial. Have our database maintainers ever said that a load of such small magnitude is problematic? > There are many, many better ways to contribute to OSM than runnning a > useless automated conformity edit. Take a notebook or mobile editor, go > outside, check if the phone booths on OSM are still there on the ground, > add a few opening times, or even trees for that matter - a single hour > of such original work is more useful to OSM that what you are proposing > here. Denigrating another's contribution - a valid and valuable contribution - in this manner is antithetical to the spirit in which OSM activity is supposed to be conducted. > Remember: OSM is not an IT project. Of course it is. "Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to store, retrieve, transmit, and manipulate data or information." [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_technology -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb