[Tagging] inconsistencies in bridge

[Dave F.]

  On 28/09/2010 01:11, Nathan Edgars II wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 8:00 PM, Dave F.<davefox at madasafish.com>  wrote:
>> But only add what is actually visibly there now. Not what was there fifty
>> years ago.
> What was there 50 years ago is useful,

I agree

>   and removing it would be
> vandalism.

I disagree. How can it be vandalism if it's not there anymore?

>   You can argue about whether Mapnik should show it, but
> don't remove it.

For those who want to keep historic records (& I think there should be), 
they should take a record of current data at regular intervals & keep it 
in a separate database.

If historic data was kept within OSM it would become far to cluttered.

Why do you think it should remain in the OSM database?

@Martin K.
To me data is data, irrelevant of how it was added. Only current data 
should be within the OSM database.

Cheers
Dave F.