Hi, Matt Amos wrote: >> It is very easy to edit objects without ever looking at the source tag. If >> that were made impossible, yes, then you are right; but I think it is >> impractical. > > more impractical than inventing a new tag and trying to ensure that > all editors support it?
You have to change all editors either way, don't you? > i think we have a philosophical difference here - i don't think we > should be presenting users with warnings, especially if these > "special" tags would be present on most imported data (e.g: CanVec, > etc...). Maybe "warnings" is too strong a concept. I just want every person editing the data to have the best possible knowledge about the provenance and accuracy of the data they are about to edit, and have a clear picture of the accuracy of their own measurements in comparison. And I want to work towards a culture where people actually take this seriously. > i don't see how your original suggestion provides any information > about diligence, other than that the user is a member of a privileged > few who know the "secret rule" or use a particular editor which > handles it for them. Well it wouldn't have been a secret rule, it would of course be available on the Wiki etc.; if someone had gone through the effort of looking it up, or at least through the effort of specifically instructing his editor to make that change (rather than accidentally moving a whole street from Vienna to the US), then I could assume a certain diligence at work. Bye Frederik -- Frederik Ramm ## eMail [email protected] ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev
