[OSM-dev] Deleting TIGER node tags

[John Smith]

--- On Wed, 22/7/09, Dave Stubbs <osm.list at randomjunk.co.uk> wrote:

> Well that wasn't necessarily true. Potlatch always
> updated it for instance.
> But anyway, all the editors should be adding the created_by
> tag to the changeset now instead, so there's no new ones
> being created.

This kind of meta info shouldn't be exposed to end users so they can meddle with it.

> I remove them if I'm editing something anyway and I can
> be bothered, but there's not much point in going out of
> your way.

I'm in the same boat, I don't go out of my way, but if I'm updating stuff any way then I strip them. However it'd be nice for editors to strip it out automatically.