[josm-dev] Change to changeset comment handling, RfD

[ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen]

I suggest we try to JOSM  add some comments by itself:

Region - Closest town - Major changes ( name of highway changed, added
forests, mainly buildings, POI)
based on simple statistics, then add a semicolon for the user to add a
reason or other comment.

Based on the type of edits a type of comment could be: 

{ Added / Modified / Deleted}  XXX  "POI Parking" near Paris France
{ Added / Modified / Deleted}  XXX nodes of Highway "Piccadilly Circus"
near London UK
{ Added / Modified / Deleted}  XXX  nodes of type Waterway  near Venice
Italy
{ Added / Modified / Deleted}  XXX  names of type Highway near Newtown
Iceland

Based on the largest number of common property in the changeset.

Of course some edits will show a mix of all kind of edits, places and
POI and
a comments will show nonsense...  But for users like me (and you?) whose
edit are around some kind of theme, or geographically limited,
statistics
can help creating some meaningful start of comment....

Alternately the server may add such in a second line in a retrofit
way...

I am not sure how this will work out in practice, but someone may give
it a try..
Not me.. I cannot code.....

Just 2 cents that may inspire someone

Gert
 

-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: josm-dev-bounces at openstreetmap.org
[mailto:josm-dev-bounces at openstreetmap.org] Namens Julien Balas
Verzonden: dinsdag 3 augustus 2010 16:33
Aan: Russ Nelson
CC: josm-dev at openstreetmap.org
Onderwerp: Re: [josm-dev] Change to changeset comment handling, RfD

i use to work on a system where "comments" where mandatory to validate
an
order.

most of the people use "X" as a comment.
then the IT guys add a rule forbidding "X"
then users use "."
then IT add a rule "at least 3 chars"
then user use "bla" as comments
and so on, and so on.

as far as i don't like empty comments, i think that if a user quit OSM
because a changeset comment is mandatory it's too bad.
I prefere some new data and no comment rather than... nothing.

-- 
JB



2010/8/3 Russ Nelson <nelson at crynwr.com>

> Frederik Ramm writes:
>  > Hi,
>  >
>  > Ulf Lamping wrote:
>  > > Sorry, you overemphasize the importance of changeset comments.
>  >
>  > I think you underestimate the importance of changeset comments.
>
> Trouble is that you can't force people to provide good comments.  You
> can force them to provide comments, but short of introducing
> artificial intelligence or actual human moderation into comment
> submission, you have to accept what people give.
>
> Anything you try to force people to do, they will rebel against.
>
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