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<div dir="auto">opening_hours:covid19=* tags are problematic, confusing and should not be promoted. <br></div><div dir="auto">The original idea was to have them temporary, for duration of Covid - and sadly,<br></div><div dir="auto"> "temporary, until Covid19 goes away" has become an oxymoron. <br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">While say opening_hours:covid19=closed provides some info and indicates need<br></div><div dir="auto">to resurvey location, some provide no useful info at all. <br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Especially<br></div><div dir="auto">- opening_hours:covid19=open<br></div><div dir="auto">- opening_hours:covid19=same<br></div><div dir="auto">- opening_hours:covid19=* with value the same as opening_hours=* <br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">This tags can be safely removed with an automated edit. <br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">And I am proposing to run such edit worldwide.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Edit would be repeated in case of new such tags appearing (if there is opposition<br></div><div dir="auto">to that - this edit can be also run once and terminated).<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Such bot edit is operational in USA and Poland, see<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edits/Mateusz_Konieczny_-_bot_account/removing_Covid_from_USA">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edits/Mateusz_Konieczny_-_bot_account/removing_Covid_from_USA</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edits/Mateusz_Konieczny_-_bot_account/removing_Covid_from_Poland">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edits/Mateusz_Konieczny_-_bot_account/removing_Covid_from_Poland</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">For previous discussions see list at<br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:opening_hours:covid19#External_links_and_discussions">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:opening_hours:covid19#External_links_and_discussions</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Yes, this edit will cause objects to be edited. But removal of this tags is helpful for<br></div><div dir="auto">anyone editing tags directly as it reduces confusion and drops irrelevant info.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">This is nice especially for newbies and I believe that we should try to make editing<br></div><div dir="auto">raw tag lists as accessible as possible.<br></div> </body>
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