[Osmf-talk] [OSM-talk] Way to delete buildings added by specific user, or help reverting?

[Oleksiy Muzalyev]

It could be some form of dysgrphia [1]. People who suffer dysgrphia [1] 
or dyslexia [2], and it is up to 3%, are usually ashamed of the 
condition and try to hide it by all means.

One of the symptoms of dysgrphia is inattentiveness over details. I 
would just correct the geometry of the buildings quickly and be it with 
it. Some people may need more time to learn to draw well.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysgraphia
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyslexia

Best regards,
Oleksiy (Alex-7 @ OSM)

On 7/9/19 09:05, joost schouppe wrote:
> Haven't looked at the data itself, but from the comments here, I'd say 
> convert them to nodes. Since in this case the mapper clearly didn't 
> put very much effort in it, I wouldn't mind if the history of the 
> first object is lost. I reckon later you want to identify "empty 
> areas" to be able to complete the map with a certain level of quality. 
> That is still easy to achieve if you disregard node-buildings or in 
> fact the buildings returned by the very query described above.
>
> However do keep in mind that we always build upon the work of others. 
> We might start with a single building outline of a row of houses with 
> bad geometry because we had poor imagery. Then we split them up into 
> individual houses. Then we might improve their geometry with better 
> imagery or open data. And next, we might split them up into building 
> parts to model the different levels.
>
> Don't be surprised if the mapper working on the next level is calling 
> -your- work crap if you throw around those kinds of words too lightly 
> now.
>
> Even if some of your community have very high quality thresholds, 
> remember that we always want to accomodate "the amateur". They might 
> mess things up, but they are the eyes on the ground we need. And we 
> should aim to help them grow, not scare them away. Maybe in this  
> case, it would be actually better to scare that particular mapper 
> away. But sometimes you'd be surprised, if you give them a chance.
>
> While I do understand an occasional flash of rage (we care about this 
> project, and it's hard to see it suffer), don't forget that your flash 
> of rage will be forever associated with the OSM data. Please try to 
> avoid it. And if it does happen, please apologize about it -  not 
> necesarily to the mapper, rather to anyone who sees it. In the long 
> run, being a welcoming community, even in the face of "bad mapping" is 
> doing the project a better service than making a map considered 
> perfect by a few people who think they know how it's done (even if 
> they're probably right).
>
> All the best,
> Joost
> (in personal capacity)
>
>
>
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