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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Hi Chris,<div><br></div><div>my motivation is simple:</div><div>JOSM claims that the old tag should not be used,</div><div>the wiki is also clear:</div><div><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"Use </span><tt dir="ltr" style="font-family: monospace, Courier; font-size: 16.1px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); white-space: nowrap; background: rgb(221, 221, 238);"><a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:generator:source" title="Key:generator:source" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">generator:source</a>=*</tt><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">instead."</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:power_source" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:power_source</a></div><div><br></div><div>I assume that I am not the only JOSM user who is wasting</div><div>time looking at these obsolete tags, so I think a cleanup is</div><div>the best solution. </div><div><br></div><div>Gerd</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div>> Subject: Re: [OSM-dev] proposal for mechanical edit reg. power_source + generator:source<br>> To: gpetermann_muenchen@hotmail.com<br>> From: osm@raggedred.net<br>> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 18:43:48 +0100<br>> <br>> On 13/10/15 18:07, Gerd Petermann wrote:<br>> > Hi Chris,<br>> ><br>> > my understanding is that those data consumers<br>> > which were interested in the deprecated tag<br>> > are very likely also interested in the newer one.<br>> > So, they will have code to recognize both versions.<br>> > Users that evaluate only the old version are<br>> > prpbably not really interested in it.<br>> ><br>> Demonstrate that by feedback from all the real data users, not just your <br>> hunch, and I might change my mind.<br>> <br>> Perhaps you don't understand how much deep-felt objection there is to <br>> mechanical edits. They are often reverted and quite rightly so in my <br>> opinion. Unsurveyed mechanical edits often do more harm than good. As I <br>> said before, the original tag is harmless, why would you feel you know <br>> enough about someone else's carefully chosen tags to steam roll over <br>> them to satisfy your idea of tidiness?<br>> <br>> -- <br>> Cheers, Chris<br>> user: chillly<br>> <br></div></div> </div></body>
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