Hi, On 04/24/2013 04:26 PM, John Baker wrote:
AFAIC these were typo edits and getting the whole database more consistent. I have done dozens of changes to fix typos worldwide over the past few weeks and it would be crazy to have lengthy discussions on each one for multiple countries in multiple communication channels.
If you don't have the time or the will to do it properly, then simply leave it be.
The rule is that as soon as you make an edit where you don't look at the individual object you edit, it is a mechanical edit that has to be discussed beforehand.
The reason for this rule is that it is too easy to introduce mistakes - what looks like a "typo" to one person could make sense to another.
Assume that there's an object tagged landuse=forest *and* natural=meadow *and* it carries a note tag that explains exactly what the mapper meant by this. Someone simply looking for all natural=meadow and replacing them with landuse=meadow would overwrite the landuse=forest and not even see the note tag - he performs a mechanical edit that needs to be discussed beforehand (in order to minimize undesirable side effects).
On the other hand, if someone were to manually go through all objects tagged natural=meadow, read potential note tags, look at the other tags and/or aerial imagery, and *then* change them to landuse=meadow, that would not be a mechanical edit.
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