The Changeset Display for an area (ie. History tab of OpenStreetMap.org)
shows all the changesets covering a local area. In this display, we often see
Worldwide
BOT Changesets even if there is no modifications made to the area,. RSS feeds
are producing false alerts, and it is uneasy to find if any changes are made to
the local area. We sometimes have to go to hundreds of modifications in the
Changeset to verify if the local area is affected.
This Worldwide coverage in Changesets limits our capacity to simply monitor
changes to the map and OSM conributors have often complain about this.
Automated Edits code of conduct [1] and Mechanical Edit Policy [2] wiki pages
do not talk about restricting Worldwide BOT Coverage in one Changeset.
Searching the discussion lists, I cannot find discussion / propositions to
establish rules that limit the coverage.
I then propose to add a a rule for Automated / Mechanical Edits so that an
individual Changeset do not cover a large area. It could be for example a rule
that says no more than a 500km x 500km.
Pierre
[1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Automated_Edits_code_of_conduct
[2] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edit_Policy
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