On 15/02/2012, at 10.46, Frederik Ramm wrote:
What's even more problematic is if people try to automatically
change a large number of objects away from what they consider
"deprecated" to some "new tagging scheme". This requires a much
broader approval than a few votes cast on a wiki page that nobody
reads; we expect any automated or even mechanical edit to be
discussed on the mailing lists beforehand.
I agree completely, see below
Morten, could you keep us posted about any replies you get from
them. It would be preferable if the Netherlands community could deal
with this but DWG will be happy to step in if there's a problem.
I received the following reply at 10.14.44 GMT+01:00:
Hi mok0,
Thanks for the notice, and I'm currently submitting a changeset
where everything with generator:source=wind also has
power_source=wind specified as well. Also, I'll take a look into
the mapnik style sheet to see how this can be updated to remove the
depreciated tags.
... and I answered thus:
That's great, thanks!
It is great if you fix bugs in the osm tags -- misspellings and such
-- but you really should not remove tags that someone put there.
If tag removal is to be carried out, it is best to discuss it on the
mailing list first, but in general, you never know if tags are being
used by someone, so it's better just to leave them. They do no harm.
If you are thinking of wasted storage space, think of the extra data
you produce by generating a changeset plus new versions of all the
objects...
So, instead of reverting, the user has uploaded a new changeset with
the fixes.
Cheers,
mok0
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