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Because of the time constraints the removal of the google links is
quite rough, however most (as in all except a handful) of the links
were either old, outdated, or/and unused, as for example essentially
all links to old errors in Google maps based on TeleAtlas data,
which should have been deleted years ago. Naturally you can add back
sanitized links, however I would in general question why we would
want to use google data in our own documentation in the first place
(that is naturally a different discussion).<br>
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As for the rest Jeff Meyer has summarized it nicely.<br>
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Simon<br>
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Am 01.02.2013 18:57, schrieb Ilya Zverev:<br>
<span style="white-space: pre;">> Hi. Regardless of that
trademark business, I've checked Simon's edits and they mostly
consist of removing links to google maps, which contain empty
"geocode" parameter and them (and many other redundant parameters
that editors didn't bother to omit). Some of the edits are quite
funny, for example,
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Essex_Way&diff=prev&oldid=861689">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Essex_Way&diff=prev&oldid=861689</a>
(removed a link to display kml with google maps).<br>
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> I cannot understand why links to google maps have become
prohibited in our wiki, but there are probably one or two
meaningful edits and lots of what can be called vandalism. For
example, cleaning "Copyright Easter Eggs" pages from links to
mentioned easter eggs.<br>
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> So, I vote for 1) reverting all those edits; 2) explaining in
detail what is prohibited (what words, which links etc.) and what
is not; 3) editing wiki more thoroughly, so every edit could be
understood.<br>
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> IZ<br>
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