On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:56:29 +0100, Andy Allan wrote: > 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.
I *am* worried. While I (and you) know what is the correct way to tag those things, newbies don't, and they may start tagging things the wrong way. I'm not going to start an edit-war, I'd prefer someone with the proper rights to revert that edit. Then we can start discussing the matter, and file bugs where needed. > 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 should really be the opposite. > 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. I agree, but we don't have a "WIKIFIDDLING" label near each problematic edit, nor a way to detect it :) With that edit, it seems like the "fact" is what Richard wrote; this confuses people. David -- . ''`. Debian developer | http://wiki.debian.org/DavidPaleino : :' : Linuxer #334216 --|-- http://www.hanskalabs.net/ `. `'` GPG: 1392B174 ----|---- http://deb.li/dapal `- 2BAB C625 4E66 E7B8 450A C3E1 E6AA 9017 1392 B174
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