I expanded https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edits/Mateusz_Konieczny_-_bot_account/remove_tracking_parameters#How
Thanks for a feedback! Let me know if it is clear or whatever it should be improved. May 13, 2020, 14:09 by [email protected]: > Hello, > > I agree the idea and thank you for doing the operation, > can you highlight on the wiki the key and the logic ? it seem to be > key : website url source (but not > contact:website heritage:website brand:website > source:website operator:website was:website ?) > target : "fbclid", "gclid", "campaign_ref", "mc_id", "utm_source", > "utm_medium", "utm_term", "utm_content", "utm_campaign" > > someone who doesn't read the code, must still be able > to easily understand the criteria of the operation. > > Regards, > Marc > > Le 13.05.20 à 13:40, Mateusz Konieczny via talk a écrit : > >> URL often have unnecessary parts, typically added for tracking purposes. >> This tracking parameters sshould never appear in any osm tags. >> >> FB, Google and other add tracking links for various purposes. >> >> It means that it is beneficial to turn tag >> website=http://paris.intersquat.org/les-lieux/le-satellite/?fbclid=de58e340d6aa79a584552a2055042d004b9b19454bc0d7a6046fc81fc90f51 >> into >> website=http://paris.intersquat.org/les-lieux/le-satellite/ >> >> This urls can be often fixed using an automated script, allowing to >> use human time on something more productive. >> >> Human-made edit will also result in changing "last edited by" >> (while not allowing to filter out such edits unlike marked bot edit), >> there are better ways to spot areas requiring fixes and we are not lacking >> places with QA indicators that manual review is needed. >> >> Usually tracking links are added by clueless people who just searched for >> a website and copied it from FB/Google. >> >> There are rare cases of links created to specifically track OSM users >> see for example >> * https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/754704241/history >> ** https://www.cronauerlaw.com/?utm_source=openstreetmap >> * https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1063808111/history >> ** >> http://www.travelerscoffee.ru?utm_campaign=geo&utm_source=openstreetmap&utm_medium=link >> * https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/6817678019/history >> ** >> https://www.resotainer.fr/agence-bonneuil-sur-marne?utm_source=open-street-map&utm_medium=recherche-locale&utm_content=openstreetmap&utm_campaign=open-street-map-garde-meubles-bonneuil-sur-marne >> * https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1684317522 >> ** >> http://www.travelerscoffee.ru?utm_campaign=geo&utm_source=openstreetmap&utm_medium=link >> >> In general I have not noticed correlation between presence of tracking links >> and additional issues that would not be detected automatically. >> >> Therefore automatic removal of tracking parameters is not causing loss of >> useful indicators of areas that should be reviewed. >> Osmose and JOSM validators and StreetComplete are offering better >> indicators. >> >> Automatic removal would allow me to spend time on something more useful, >> than reviewing all cases where this links are present and confirming >> them one by one. >> >> Proposed bot edit would remove links where all used parameters are tracking >> users and may be removed. Other links will be reviewed manually to catch >> also currently unknown tracking parameters. >> >> Anchors (#section) will be preserved. >> >> Parameters for removal across OSM: fbclid, gclid, campaign_ref, mc_id, >> utm_source, utm_medium, utm_term, utm_content, utm_campaign >> >> Code is tested, I am currently using it in a manual review mode. >> Sole difference in but run will be disabling of manual confirmation. >> >> I have experience with automated edits, see >> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edits/Mateusz_Konieczny_-_bot_account >> >> Yes, editing element will cause it to be edited and change "last edited" >> date. >> Effect will be exactly the same in case of using bot and manual edit >> (which I will do anyway in case of rejecting this automated edit proposal). >> Note that in case of bot edits you may filter out bot edits marked as >> automatic. >> >> Documentation page: >> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edits/Mateusz_Konieczny_-_bot_account/remove_tracking_parameters >> >> Edits that would be made by bot, based on currently present tracking >> parameters: >> https://gist.github.com/matkoniecz/6710d066fea6596533f5013040eb5dc1 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >> > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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