[OSM-dev] Data corruption :) II

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

Stefan de Konink wrote:
> - Dave: should I just automatically delete this mess with the constraint 
> that if the node would not have any members at all anymore. I will just 
> delete the entire structure?

Maybe it would be worthwhile to retrieve the latest version from history 
instead; one should maybe pick and analyze some random cases and try to 
find out what the user wanted and what went wrong.

> - Frederik: you proposed that automatic bots should do something before 
> they run. What is your idea?

Well yes, their authors should seek consensus and then document exactly 
what they're doing, etc., see

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Automated_Edits/Code_of_Conduct

My suggestion for your current issue would be to leave it alone until we 
have API 0.6 in place, because with our current infrastructure you are 
fighting windmills - every day new inconsistencies are created. With any 
luck, that will be a thing of the past once we have full transactions 
with API 0.6; so AFTER that is active we can prepare one big "fix legacy 
inconsistencies" operation and remove them once and for all.

Bye
Frederik

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