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    <p><font face="Verdana">I used the following Overpass query and
        concentrated on the same behaviour in the road_name key.</font></p>
    <p><font face="Verdana"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
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    <p><font face="Verdana">I could trace it back to user <a
          moz-do-not-send="true" href="cmi3j89d9o">cmi3j89d9o</a> in
        Taiwan.  His/her edits fit about the time-frame in the Taginfo
        Chronology.</font></p>
    <p><font face="Verdana">Still working on the same in Melbourne /
        Sydney area in Australia.</font><br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03/03/2021 22:08, Pierre Béland
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            list of 107 highways who have with both highway and road
            with the same  classification.  I validate each and remove
            the road tag.<br>
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          <div> Le mercredi 3 mars 2021 13 h 38 min 30 s UTC−5, Pierre
            Béland <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pierzenh@yahoo.fr"><pierzenh@yahoo.fr></a> a écrit : </div>
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                    <div dir="ltr">Looking again at the chronology, we
                      see that road=yes is often combined with the key
                      highway. These road=yes could be removed.</div>
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                    <div dir="ltr">This Overpass query shows 706 such
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                    <div> Le mercredi 3 mars 2021 13 h 20 min 29 s
                      UTC−5, Bert -Araali- Van Opstal
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                            <p><font face="Verdana">Seems to proceed in
                                the same extend with the key road_name.<br
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                                All values are in an Asian script, I
                                presume Chinese, geograhically
                                concentrated in Taiwan and Melbourne,
                                Australia.</font></p>
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                                  href="https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/road_name#overview"
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                                Opstal wrote:<br clear="none">
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                              <p><font face="Verdana">Just the key
                                  "road=*", search for road in Taginfo
                                  tab KEY.<br clear="none">
                                  In Taginfo I searched for the key, got
                                  a long list with all kinds of keys
                                  containing the word "road", then
                                  selected just "road" from the list
                                  returned by taginfo.<br clear="none">
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                              <p><font face="Verdana">If you go to
                                  chronology tab you see the spikes very
                                  clearly.</font></p>
                              <p><font face="Verdana">Greetings,</font></p>
                              <p><font face="Verdana">Bert Araali</font><br
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                                  <div dir="ltr">Hi Bert,</div>
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                                  <div dir="ltr">please, give us more
                                    details about the tags you spotted
                                    in taginfo as not valid, not using
                                    the highway key.</div>
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                                  <div dir="ltr">From there, it should
                                    be easy for us to propose an
                                    Overpass query.</div>
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                                  <div> Le mercredi 3 mars 2021 12 h 18
                                    min 37 s UTC−5, Bert -Araali- Van
                                    Opstal <a shape="rect"
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                                        <p><font face="Verdana">Dear
                                            all,</font></p>
                                        <p><font face="Verdana">I was
                                            recently working on some
                                            local proposals and, through
                                            taginfo, saw some recent
                                            spikes in the use of the non
                                            approved and discouraged use
                                            of the road key (should be
                                            highway).<br clear="none">
                                            The spikes, due to their
                                            amount and short time-frame
                                            in which they appear seem to
                                            be indicating unnoticed mass
                                            or automated edits.<br
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                                            Do they need closer
                                            attention / investigation
                                            and action to revert ?<br
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                                        <p><font face="Verdana">1. Jan
                                            2017 - spike of +-500, seems
                                            to be reverted by +-300 by
                                            Mar 2017<br clear="none">
                                            2. Mar 2019 - spike of
                                            +-400, not reverted<br
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                                            3. Sep/Okt 2020 to Feb 2021
                                            - spike of +-800, not
                                            reverted and continuing at a
                                            worrying rate</font></p>
                                        <p><font face="Verdana">These 3
                                            spikes together make up 3/4
                                            of the total use cases of
                                            the road key.<br
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                                        <p><font face="Verdana">Would
                                            appreciate some help with
                                            taginfo / overpass trubo /
                                            other tools to get more
                                            insight on the phenomena.</font></p>
                                        <p><font face="Verdana">Greetings,</font></p>
                                        <p><font face="Verdana">Bert
                                            Araali<br clear="none">
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