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    <p><font face="Verdana">OK, in Australia the user is </font><a
        moz-do-not-send="true" href="breno-au">breno-au</a>.</p>
    <p>Seems to be an import, because lots of documented and generated
      data in one of the changesets (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
        href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/93102779">https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/93102779</a>). 
      No comment in the changeset, I will leave a comment to find out
      more.</p>
    <p>Greetings,</p>
    <p>Bert Araali<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03/03/2021 22:22, Bert -Araali- Van
      Opstal wrote:<br>
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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"
            href="https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/14vv">https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/14vv</a><br>
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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
        wrote:<br>
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            <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I presently go through a
              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" moz-do-not-send="true"><pierzenh@yahoo.fr></a>
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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
                        ways.</div>
                      <div dir="ltr"><a shape="rect"
                          href="https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/14vp"
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                      <div> Le mercredi 3 mars 2021 13 h 20 min 29 s
                        UTC−5, Bert -Araali- Van Opstal <a
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                              <p><font face="Verdana">Seems to proceed
                                  in the same extend with the key
                                  road_name.<br clear="none">
                                  All values are in an Asian script, I
                                  presume Chinese, geograhically
                                  concentrated in Taiwan and Melbourne,
                                  Australia.</font></p>
                              <p><font face="Verdana"><a shape="rect"
                                    href="https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/road_name#overview"
                                    rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
                                    moz-do-not-send="true">https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/road_name#overview</a><br
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                              <p><font face="Verdana"><a shape="rect"
                                    href="https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/road_name#chronology"
                                    rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
                                    moz-do-not-send="true">https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/road_name#chronology</a><br
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                              <p><font face="Verdana"><a shape="rect"
                                    href="https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/road_name#map"
                                    rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
                                    moz-do-not-send="true">https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/road_name#map</a></font><br
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                                  03/03/2021 20:33, Bert -Araali- Van
                                  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
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                                  </font></p>
                                <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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                                  03/03/2021 20:23, Pierre Béland wrote:<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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                                        moz-do-not-send="true"><bert.araali.afritastic@gmail.com></a>
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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
                                                clear="none">
                                              Do they need closer
                                              attention / investigation
                                              and action to revert ?<br
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                                            </font></p>
                                          <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
                                                clear="none">
                                              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
                                                clear="none">
                                            </font></p>
                                          <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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