<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">For some unknown reason, I absolutely loathe associatedStreet. I use iD a lot, and membership of a relation can lock elements.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">- Jez</div><div dir="auto"></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 12 May 2022, 18:10 Tony Shield, <<a href="mailto:tonyosm9@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">tonyosm9@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    <p>I'm curious as to why a new user in their first changeset would
      make changes to such an arcane piece of tagging. What prompted
      them?</p>
    <p>TonyS999<br>
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    <div>On 12/05/2022 18:02, Dave F via Talk-GB
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      I've never seen the point of them & have removed a few when
      full addressing has been added.<br>
      This is another example of relations being used just to collect
      'things' together.<br>
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      The positives for using them are tenuous. <br>
      "adding information... only once" and "reducing the potential for
      spelling mistakes." is moot as multiple buildings can be select to
      edit as one, or the 'replicate' key can be used.<br>
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      DaveF<br>
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      <div>On 12/05/2022 17:08, Ken Kilfedder
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        <div>Hi All,<br>
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        <div><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Addresses_in_the_United_Kingdom" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Addresses_in_the_United_Kingdom</a>
          is silent on the use of associatedStreet relations (<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relation:associatedStreet" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relation:associatedStreet</a>
          ).   I haven't seen much use of them anywhere in the UK, but
          there are some here and there.<br>
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        <div>Does anyone have strong views about whether existing uses
          of associatedStreet should be maintained?<br>
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        <div>I'm asking because a new user has appeared in my neck of
          the woods and removed all buildings from eight different
          associatedStreet relations - with his/her first eight
          changesets!   I'm not sure I have the energy to follow-up more
          than I've done already. <br>
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        <div>(First changeset: <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/120857294" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/120857294</a>
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