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<div dir="auto"><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edits/Mateusz_Konieczny_-_bot_account/retag_paving_stones:30" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edits/Mateusz_Konieczny_-_bot_account/retag_paving_stones:30</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">surface=paving_stones:30 is a bad idea - detail such as colour or exact<br></div><div dir="auto">size of paving stones or their shape or exact type of concrete/stone<br></div><div dir="auto">should not go into surface=* <br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">note: most uses was already removed (bot edits that did this are linked<br></div><div dir="auto">at surface=paving_stones:30 tag page) at<br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:surface%3Dpaving_stones:30" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:surface%3Dpaving_stones:30</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">See also<br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/surface=paving_stones%3A30#chronology" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/surface=paving_stones%3A30#chronology</a><br></div><div dir="auto">for retagging history, only 1363 remain today.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Yes, aliases of other tags (and for nearly all uses it is a duplicate<br></div><div dir="auto">of surface=paving_stones) are not a large problem, having some tag<br></div><div dir="auto">aliases it is not even top 10 problem for new data consumers or top 100<br></div><div dir="auto">problem for openstreetmap community. But it is one of easier ones to<br></div><div dir="auto">reduce its scale.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I propose to change all still remaining<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"> surface=paving_stones:30<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">to<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"> surface=paving_stones<br></div><div dir="auto"> paving_stones:shape=square<br></div><div dir="auto"> paving_stones:length=0.3<br></div> </body>
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