<h3 dir="auto">Description</h3>
<p dir="auto">I am justifying this PR based on renewed interest in forum posts on this topic starting in the fall of this year <a href="https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/we-dont-need-anonymous-notes/105335/128" rel="nofollow">https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/we-dont-need-anonymous-notes/105335/128</a> as well as from personal experience of resolving notes</p>
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<li>After 10 notes, the create notes form hides and the warning is repainted red</li>
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<a href="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/de860bad-a682-4751-b0b5-40e1742760f1">2025-12-06.03.07.07.png (view on web)</a>
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<p dir="auto">The previous warning is displayed after 5 anonymous notes</p>
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<p dir="auto">I reduced the lifetime of cookies that count anonymous notes to two weeks to compensate for the limit a little</p>
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<h3 dir="auto">How has this been tested?</h3>
<p dir="auto">Manual testing, as well as adding a new autotest</p>
<h3 dir="auto">Explanation</h3>
<p dir="auto">Yes, the API is still not protected. Yes, you can open a private window.</p>
<p dir="auto">But at least it will stop stupid robots, and it will also stop some users who use notes for other purposes faster. It is also a small stick in the wheels of lazy vandals.</p>

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<h4>You can view, comment on, or merge this pull request online at:</h4>
<p>  <a href='https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/6593'>https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/6593</a></p>

<h4>Commit Summary</h4>
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  <li><a href="https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/6593/commits/606bd65e19ce95e4f89168a15fb0639b1b858178" class="commit-link">606bd65</a>  stricter restrictions on creating anonymous notes</li>
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<h4 style="display: inline-block">File Changes </h4> <p style="display: inline-block">(<a href="https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/6593/files">3 files</a>)</p>
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    <a href="https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/6593/files#diff-08fd2f80528286cf96375b12d81cac98954dee8e6a6899f5f261a127861fdd49">app/assets/javascripts/index/new_note.js</a>
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    <a href="https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/6593/files#diff-cb517058985c89ad2c4fa3503e6e5c62cc9953e2972bd6128c2f34156905f94f">app/views/notes/new.html.erb</a>
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    <a href="https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/6593/files#diff-9f6aab4572a1599c9156a25f43ec038cc485dd0245d0bfcd3b4705126002304e">test/system/create_note_test.rb</a>
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<h4>Patch Links:</h4>
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  <li><a href='https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/6593.patch'>https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/6593.patch</a></li>
  <li><a href='https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/6593.diff'>https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/6593.diff</a></li>
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