On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 11:08 PM, David Paleino <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello people, > does someone know the reasoning behind: > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Map_Features:highway&diff=490719&oldid=485601 > > ? > > It changed the meaning of almost all highway=*_link present in our database, > and the comment given doesn't explain the reason. With this change, only > highway=*_link connecting the same class of roads have the same meaning as > before.
Don't worry, it hasn't actually changed the meaning of anything - it's just that the wiki is now wrong. The easy way to fix the situation is to correct the wiki - it's as straightforward as that. Many of us refer to this kind of activity as "wikifiddling", or the counter-productive deliberate insertion of false statements onto the wiki in an attempt to influence the real world. It continues to be a widespread problem, mainly derived from the use of the wiki as a decision-making mechanism instead of (as it should be first and foremost) a place to collaboratively document facts. Cheers, Andy _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
