[Tagging] URL tracking parameters

Andy Mabbett andy at pigsonthewing.org.uk
Tue Feb 25 22:14:43 UTC 2020


On Tue, 25 Feb 2020 at 20:46, Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn at rushpost.com> wrote:
>
> On 2/25/20 4:05 AM, Andy Mabbett wrote:

> > We should not, of course, remove either the full URLs nor the whole
> > PoIs, since that would open us up to attack from bad actors
> > masquerading as the companies whose commercial sites we depict. And
> > would in any case be a ridiculous over-reaction, and damaging to our
> > reputation.
>
> I don't think anyone is suggesting to remove whole URLs or POIs

Remarkable though it may seem, that's exactly what was proposed:

    https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2020-February/051285.html

    I would in these situations remove the whole POI, and
    not just the tracking parameters.

-- 
Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk



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