<div dir="auto">Sounds wonderful.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">John</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Feb 11, 2023, 12:49 Mateusz Konieczny via talk <<a href="mailto:talk@openstreetmap.org">talk@openstreetmap.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div dir="auto">I propose to replace following surface tags by doing an automated edit:<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">obvious typos:<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">`surface=paving stones` → `surface=paving_stones`<br></div><div dir="auto">`surface=Paving_stones` → `surface=paving_stones`<br></div><div dir="auto">`surface=paving_stones:` → `surface=paving_stones`<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">different form than standard surface value:<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">`surface=wooden` → `surface=wood`<br></div><div dir="auto">`surface=cobblestones` → `surface=cobblestone`<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Polish name to English one:<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">`surface=żwirowa` → `surface=gravel`<br></div><div dir="auto">`surface=kostka` → `surface=paving_stones`<br></div><div dir="auto">`surface=gruntowa` → `surface=unpaved`<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">English vs very close to English but actually different:<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">`surface=asfalt` → `surface=asphalt`<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Edit would be automatic, rerun from time to time, split into small<br></div><div dir="auto">changeset by geographic areas and run by<br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Mateusz%20Konieczny%20-%20bot%20account/history%20bot%20account" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Mateusz%20Konieczny%20-%20bot%20account/history%20bot%20account</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Why it is useful? It helps newbies to avoid becoming confused. It<br></div><div dir="auto">protects against such values becoming established. Without drudgery<br></div><div dir="auto">that would be required from the manual cleanup. It also makes easier to<br></div><div dir="auto">add missing surface= values<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Why automatic edit? I have a massive queue (in thousands and tens of<br></div><div dir="auto">thousands) of automatically detectable issues which are not reported by<br></div><div dir="auto">mainstream validators, require fixes and fix requires review or<br></div><div dir="auto">complete manual cleanup.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">There is no point in manual drudgery here, with values completely useless.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">This values here do NOT require manual overview. If this cases will<br></div><div dir="auto">turn out to be an useful signal of invalid editing than I will remain<br></div><div dir="auto">reviewing nearby areas where bot edited.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">And I fixed some manually and they were not a great sign of a problematic data.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Yes, bot edit WILL cause objects to be edited. Nevertheless, as result<br></div><div dir="auto">map data quality will improve.<br></div> </div>
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