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<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Feb 25, 2020, 13:06 by jono@jonorossi.com:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="" dir="ltr">On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 8:40 PM Victor/tuxayo <<a href="mailto:victor@tuxayo.net" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">victor@tuxayo.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class=""><div><br></div><div>On 20-02-25 04:36, Jonathon Rossi wrote:<br></div><div> > Does OSM have a position on these tracking parameters, WT.mc_id, utm_*,<br></div><div> > fbclid, etc? I couldn't find anything on the wiki.<br></div><div> <br></div><div> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:website">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:website</a><br></div><div> <br></div><div> It's implied in the following best practice:<br></div><div> <br></div><div> > Use as short a URL as possible. Choose simple URLs over complex URLs if they basically point to the same content. For example, use <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://bahn.de/">https://bahn.de/</a> instead of <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.bahn.de/p/view/index.shtml">https://www.bahn.de/p/view/index.shtml</a>, as both will get you to the front page. Websites are frequently redesigned, so strive for the most "robust" URL that works.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Thanks. I did think that statement would apply here, but it just didn't have as strong of a wording. I do wonder if some contributors don't realise that these parameters are not necessary to function, and that they should actually remove them.<br></div></div></div></blockquote><div>I added explicit<br></div><div>"**It means that tracking parameters (mc_id, utm_*, fbclid etc) should be removed"<br></div><div>in <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Key:website&diff=1962111&oldid=1941669">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Key:website&diff=1962111&oldid=1941669</a><br></div> </body>
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