<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Thank you for the heads up, Frederik! I don't think anyone noticed this "war" going on, but I'm glad somebody made a report.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I am personally aware of the road classification changes being made by "
TagaSanPedroAKo" in the past, and in my view they are mostly correct and consistent. While it's unfortunate that the discussions about reviewing the convention hasn't progressed since, I think it's in the best interest of the local community to do so again, as soon as possible.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">(And with my Kaart cap on), I'd like to say that the local Kaart team is willing to assist and contribute to the discussion, moving forward.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">/erwin<br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#999999">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - </font><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><font color="#999999">»</font><font color="#ff6633"> </font>email:<font color="#000000"> <a href="mailto:erwin@ngnuity.net" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" target="_blank">erwin@</a></font><a href="http://ngnuity.net/" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" target="_blank"><font color="#ff9900"><b>n</b></font><font color="#0066cc"><b>gnu</b></font><b><font color="#9900ff">it</font></b><font color="#ff9900"><b>y</b></font><font color="#000000"><b>.<font color="#ff9900">xyz</font></b></font></a><font color="#000000"> </font><span style="color:rgb(255,102,51)">|</span><font color="#000000"> <a href="mailto:govvin@gmail.com" target="_blank">govvin@gmail.com</a></font></font><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><font color="#999999">»</font><font color="#ff6633"> </font>mobile: <a href="https://t.me/GOwin" target="_blank">https://t.me/GOwin</a></font></div><div><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><font><font color="#999999">»</font><font color="#000000"> </font></font>OpenPGP key: 3A93D56B <span style="color:rgb(255,102,51)">|</span> 5D42 7CCB 8827 9046 1ACB 0B94 63A4 81CE 3A93 D56B</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 5:08 AM Frederik Ramm <<a href="mailto:frederik@remote.org">frederik@remote.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Dear talk-ph mailing list,<br>
<br>
the DWG has been contacted because of an edit war between the users<br>
"TagaSanPedroAKo" and "rjamz26" in the greater Manila area.<br>
<br>
It appears that "TagaSanPedroAKo" has embarked on a large road<br>
reclassification project that started over a year ago. There was a<br>
little discussion in a ticket created by TagaSanPedroAKo here<br>
<br>
<a href="https://github.com/OSMPH/papercut_fix/issues/38" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/OSMPH/papercut_fix/issues/38</a><br>
<br>
but not much interest. He has also explained his view of things in great<br>
detail on the wiki on a page written exclusively by him<br>
<br>
<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Philippines/Mapping_conventions/Roads" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Philippines/Mapping_conventions/Roads</a><br>
<br>
and he seems to generally approach this with a spirit of "this change is<br>
necessary and correct and I know what I'm doing".<br>
<br>
Now another user, rjamz26, has reverted some of TagaSanPedroAKo's edits<br>
in the Manila area, and this has led to an edit war and I have blocked<br>
both users and asked them to stop reclassifying roads until the matter<br>
is settled.<br>
<br>
The first thing I need to find out is if the edits made by<br>
TagaSanPedroAKo are actually wanted by the Philippines OSM community, or<br>
if they are the work of a "lone wolf" who is out of touch with what the<br>
the others do. TagaSanPedroAKo certainly sounds very sure that he's<br>
doing the right thing, but he wouldn't be the first person in OSM to be<br>
doing "the right thing" against the wishes of almost everyone else!<br>
<br>
If the local community thinks that TagaSanPedroAKo is going over board<br>
with his reclassification projects, then I could revert these changes,<br>
or I could make a list of these changes for the community to review.<br>
(The total number of ways where the highway tag was changed by<br>
TagaSanPedroAKo is about 4,200.) If, on the other hand, the community<br>
agrees with the changes, then we should find out why rjamz26 has<br>
reverted some of them, and ensure it doesn't happen again.<br>
<br>
Any light you can shed on this is helpful.<br>
<br>
Thank you<br>
Frederik<br>
<br>
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