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<body>Support 😃<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">Mateusz Konieczny via talk <talk@openstreetmap.org> skrev: (2 februari 2021 22:16:41 CET)<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div>tl;dr:<br></div><div><br></div><div>I propose to run an automated bot edit that will remove tracking parameters, turning tags <br></div><div>such as<br></div><div>website=<a href="http://paris.intersquat.org/les-lieux/le-satellite/?fbclid=de58e340d6aa79a584552a2055042d004b9b19454bc0d7a6046fc81fc90f51">http://paris.intersquat.org/les-lieux/le-satellite/?fbclid=de58e340d6aa79a584552a2055042d004b9b19454bc0d7a6046fc81fc90f51</a><br></div><div>into<br></div><div>website=http://paris.intersquat.org/les-lieux/le-satellite/<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I did it already before, see: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edits/Mateusz_Konieczny_-_bot_account/remove_tracking_parameters<br></div><div>This edit will remove newly edited links and purge more tracking parameters.<br></div><div><br></div><div>If anything will go wrong I will fix it.<br></div><div>I have experience with automated edits, see<br></div><div>https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edits/Mateusz_Konieczny_-_bot_account<br></div><div><br></div><div>changes listing: https://gist.github.com/matkoniecz/1d20caa198ec2d4001d95adf09123a8a<br></div><div>(based on current OSM database, if OSM data changes then actual edit will be different,<br></div><div>feel free to make backup of this linked file - it may be deleted some time after edit)<br></div><div><br></div><div>source code and other documentation (except source code, duplicate of that posting):<br></div><div>https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edits/Mateusz_Konieczny_-_bot_account/remove_tracking_parameters2/<br></div><div><br></div><div>--------------------------------------<br></div><div>full details:<br></div><div><br></div><div>I propose to run a scripted edit - it was already run before but this will<br></div><div>remove more tracking parameters.<br></div><div><br></div><div>URL often have unnecessary parts, some added for tracking purposes<br></div><div>by FB, Google and others.<br></div><div>This tracking parameters should never appear in any osm tags.<br></div><div><br></div><div>It means that it is beneficial to turn tag<br></div><div>website=http://paris.intersquat.org/les-lieux/le-satellite/?fbclid=de58e340d6aa79a584552a2055042d004b9b19454bc0d7a6046fc81fc90f51<br></div><div>into<br></div><div>website=http://paris.intersquat.org/les-lieux/le-satellite/<br></div><div>and it is worth doing it as an edit.<br></div><div><br></div><div>This urls can be often fixed using an automated script, allowing to<br></div><div>use human time on something more productive.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Human-made edit will also result in changing "last edited by"<br></div><div>(while not allowing to filter out such edits unlike marked bot edit),<br></div><div>there are better ways to spot areas requiring fixes and we are not lacking<br></div><div>places with QA indicators that manual review is needed.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Usually tracking links are added by clueless people who just searched for<br></div><div>a website and copied it from FB/Google.<br></div><div><br></div><div>There are rare cases of links created to specifically track OSM users<br></div><div>see for example<br></div><div>* https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/754704241/history<br></div><div>** https://www.cronauerlaw.com/?utm_source=openstreetmap<br></div><div>* https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1063808111/history<br></div><div>** http://www.travelerscoffee.ru?utm_campaign=geo&utm_source=openstreetmap&utm_medium=link<br></div><div>* https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/6817678019/history<br></div><div>** https://www.resotainer.fr/agence-bonneuil-sur-marne?utm_source=open-street-map&utm_medium=recherche-locale&utm_content=openstreetmap&utm_campaign=open-street-map-garde-meubles-bonneuil-sur-marne<br></div><div>* https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1684317522<br></div><div>** http://www.travelerscoffee.ru?utm_campaign=geo&utm_source=openstreetmap&utm_medium=link<br></div><div><br></div><div>In general I have not noticed correlation between presence of tracking links<br></div><div>and additional issues that would not be detected automatically.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Therefore automatic removal of tracking parameters is not causing loss of<br></div><div>useful indicators of areas that should be reviewed.<br></div><div>Osmose and JOSM validators and StreetComplete are offering many better indicators,<br></div><div>and we are not in danger of running out of places where human intervention is clearly needed.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Automatic removal would allow me and others to spend time on something more useful,<br></div><div>than reviewing all cases where tracking is clearly present and confirming them one by one.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Proposed bot edit would remove links where all used parameters are tracking<br></div><div>users and may be removed.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I am reviewing manually more complicated cases to catch<br></div><div>also currently unknown tracking parameters.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Anchors (#section) will be preserved.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Code is tested, was using it in a manual review mode and for a fully automated edit run<br></div><div>that removed tracking parameters from over 1000 objects - see<br></div><div>https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edits/Mateusz_Konieczny_-_bot_account/remove_tracking_parameters<br></div><div><br></div><div>I have experience with automated edits, see<br></div><div>https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edits/Mateusz_Konieczny_-_bot_account<br></div><div><br></div><div>Yes, editing element will cause it to be edited and change "last edited" date.<br></div><div>Effect will be exactly the same in case of using bot and manual edit<br></div><div>(which would be necessary in case of rejecting this automated edit proposal).<br></div><div>Note that in case of bot edits you may filter out bot edits marked as automatic.<br></div><div><br></div><div>following are consider as tracking parameters and would be removed:<br></div><div><br></div><div> fbclid, gclid, campaign_ref, mc_id, utm_source, utm_medium, utm_term,<br></div><div>utm_content, utm_campaign, utm_id, gclsrc, dclid, wt.tsrc, WT.tsrc,<br></div><div>zanpid, yclid, utm_campain, trkCampaign, mkt_tok, sc_campaign, sc_channel,<br></div><div>sc_content, sc_medium, sc_outcome, sc_geo, sc_country, mbid, cmpid,<br></div><div>campaign_id, Campaign, fb_action_ids, fb_action_types, fb_ref, fb_source,<br></div><div>gs_l, _hsenc, igshid, CampIDMin, CampIDMaj, campaign, Campaign,<br></div><div>campaignid, campaignId, adid, adgroupid, refr, referrer, cm_mmc, lw_cmp,<br></div><div>CLID, ReferralSource, SourceID, trkid, adjust_creative, partner_slug, y_source,<br></div><div>oppartnerid, padid, otppartnerid, ref_device_id, utm_kxconfid, SEO_id,<br></div><div>originalReferrer, spMailingID, hsCtaTracking<br></div>
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