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<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Feb 21, 2021, 21:10 by frederik@remote.org:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div>Scripts that make automated edits are immensely powerful and can<br></div><div>concentrate power in the hands of those who wield them. That's why the<br></div><div>rules are onerous, and that is a good thing.<br></div></blockquote><div>Onerous rules are not good by itself, the ideal ones would keep all bad<br></div><div>automated edits out of OSM.<br></div><div><br></div><div>The problem is that this rules are almost never truly followed and actually <br></div><div>important (discuss edit, give time to reply) are mixed with not really important,<br></div><div>like request to state you real name.<br></div><div><br></div><div>See <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Automated_Edits_code_of_conduct">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Automated_Edits_code_of_conduct</a><br></div><div>and <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Automated_edits_log">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Automated_edits_log</a><br></div><div>where pages documenting all automated edits are supposed to be<br></div><div>- vast majority is not.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Current situation is that we have onerous rules + lack of enforcement[1].<br></div><div><br></div><div>It results in people completely ignoring all of rules or making de facto bot edits<br></div><div>via Maproulette[2].<br></div><div><br></div><div>[1] Reminder: reverting of not discussed automated edit may be done be anyone,<br></div><div>without any additional justification required, for example with JOSM revert plugin.<br></div><div><br></div><div>[2] like <a href="https://maproulette.org/browse/challenges/16995">https://maproulette.org/browse/challenges/16995</a><br></div><div>"Change key 'website' or 'contact:website' with a Facebook URL to 'contact:facebook'."<br></div><div>or <a href="https://maproulette.org/browse/challenges/14900">https://maproulette.org/browse/challenges/14900</a> (adding "brand:wikidata" and<br></div><div>"brand:wikipedia" based on name match, "Tips: you can add them with a single click on iD editor."<br></div> </body>
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