Am 30.05.2012 02:40, schrieb Russ Nelson:
Frederik Ramm writes:
> 2. I don't think you should continue to make mass edits under the
> username "WorstFixer" because that implies that before you "fixed"
> things they were among the "worst" which has the potential to offend
people.
I always thought it meant that he was the worst person to be doing
this fixing, or doing the worst job at fixing things.
The problem with his worst fixing, is that unless he starts {bugging /
bothering / teaching / correcting / annoying / discouraging} mappers
who are making these edits he disagrees with, they're going to keep
making these edits.
I'd prefer to see a consensus among editors that "we don't do that
anymore", with the "old way" not being in the OSM wiki anywhere,
-1
It should be in the wiki anywhere, but absolutely clearly marked as
"this is how NOT to do it", together with a reference to the new or
better scheme.
Often "trivial" ways to tag something are the fields where problems are
visible later with some practice.
When tagging something I never mapped before I often search for the
keywords which come in mind, and often these are the "trivial" keys
being obsolete by a new tagging scheme.
If there's nothing (as you suggest) and I search for alternatives,
everything is fine.
If there's nothing and I give up, tagging my own idea, it's more or less
the old variant again.
Therefore I would not delete the old variants, but clearly mark them, so
that everyone can find it
1) to read about past tagging practice and
2) as a link anchor to the new tagging style.
regards
Peter
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