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<div dir="auto">proposal to automatically fix several tags<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">there are some values that are clear typos/duplicates/synonyms of other ones<br></div><div dir="auto"> <br></div><div dir="auto">I want to propose extension of already running bot edit, to perform cleaning of some obvious cases. <br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">see <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edits/Mateusz_Konieczny_-_bot_account/fix_many_obvious_typos#Extension_proposed_in_2025" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edits/Mateusz_Konieczny_-_bot_account/fix_many_obvious_typos#Extension_proposed_in_2025</a> for list of proposed changes<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Cleaning them up, for clear cases, makes map data more usable, less confusing for newbies and software alike.<br></div><div dir="auto">At quite low cost of editing objects.<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 dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Please comment if any of proposed replacements are dubious and should not be replaced with an automated edit.<br></div><div dir="auto">In such case please, let me know which values are problematic and why.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If someone wants to review but needs more than 2 weeks - please write and I can wait for longer.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Please also comment (or +1) if you checked values proposed to be edited and you agree with the edit!<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">This bot edit would be rerun from time to time, from<br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Mateusz%20Konieczny%20-%20bot%20account/history" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Mateusz%20Konieczny%20-%20bot%20account/history</a> bot account<br></div><div dir="auto">.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I have quite decent experience with bot edits, see <br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edits/Mateusz_Konieczny_-_bot_account#Active_tasks" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edits/Mateusz_Konieczny_-_bot_account#Active_tasks</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If anyone wants I can help them to find affected objects or present listing of<br></div><div dir="auto">edits which added this tags or list people who added this values onto currently<br></div><div dir="auto">tagged osm objects.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Tried to use them as detectors of bogus data, neither were really useful for this purpose.<br></div><div dir="auto">We have many better ways to find OSM data requiring human review.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If anyone is looking for more cases where human review is needed - I would be glad to list them<br></div><div dir="auto">(let me know if you are interested in specific area or specific type of issues - maybe only<br></div><div dir="auto">shop-related? maybe only ones that require survey? maybe only ones fixable remotely?)<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">But there is no point in manual drudgery here, with values clearly<br></div><div dir="auto">replaceable by better matches.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Also, 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. And where such manual cleanup adds value,<br></div><div dir="auto">unlike entries from tags listed above.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">This edit is documented at <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edits/Mateusz_Konieczny_-_bot_account/fix_many_obvious_typos" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edits/Mateusz_Konieczny_-_bot_account/fix_many_obvious_typos</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">there are also many low-use values with one or two or three extra bogus characters, for example<br></div><div dir="auto">tomb = tomb22 → tomb = tomb<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">would be also OK to migrate them without listing them<br></div><div dir="auto">for review here and just add them to replace list later?<br></div><div dir="auto">And other similar obvious typos appearing or found in future?<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Only low use obvious mistakes would be changed without submitting them for review. <br></div><div dir="auto">If anyone at all will protest and I will not do this and post<br></div><div dir="auto">for review, like list here, once sufficiently many values are found.<br></div> </body>
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