[Tagging] Relationship between place=* and name=*

[Mateusz Konieczny]

Jan 31, 2021, 23:45 by graemefitz1 at gmail.com:

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> On Sun, 31 Jan 2021 at 23:23, Paul Allen <> pla16021 at gmail.com> > wrote:
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>> In each case I do a lot of checking to verify that there is no known
>> hamlet or locality of that name and that there is a named feature (house,
>> bridge or whatever) matching that name in that location.  If I am certain
>> it is wrong, I fix it.
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> What's an acceptable length of time to wait for a response from the original mapper before fixing something yourself? 
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It depends.

In cases of clear vandalism there is no need for any wait time
see for example https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/97419079 

quoting comment from https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/97394624: <https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/97394624>
"Taking a look at way: 894696391 (Infant Sacrifice Ritual Area). There is a lot of Red
flags going off for this entry. First off you building way measures 696m long
(or 2300ft) while a building of this length would not be out of the ordinary for 
a warehouse, the locations in the middle of an ice sheet in Greenland makes 
this almost impossible. Checking over Arial maps of the location shows 
no sign of civilization or anything that would represent a place of human remnants."

(I deleted it based on name, location, newbie mapper and lack of any credible source
mentioned in changeset - I have not bothered with checking aerial imagery)

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In cases where I surveyed this place on my own I would change it immediately.

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In cases where user was/is blocked for damaging map I would likely fix
immediately.

Similarly in cases if HOT-quality mapping and in areas of extremely low
mapping quality.

And in cases where editing adding them had changeset description of type
"adding Pokemon GO parks" or "sdssfsdfssfs"

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Otherwise in cases where I have not surveyed location but I am pretty sure that 
there is a mistake I would ask mapper I would ask and wait until
- their next edit + 1 hour (if someone got message and ignored it then I see no reason to wait)
- or several days (to give time for reply)

> I spotted a couple of "forts" mapped, by the same person, in a small country town, which would be more than somewhat unusual!
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> On checking, one was an old jail, but the other is located in a park, with nothing visible on any of our imagery, nor Google street view or satellite, & I can't find any reference to a fort, or anything other military post, ever being built in this town.
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Google satellite, Google Street View must not be used for making edits and it includes deleting data.


> I left a changeset comment a week ago now but no response yet (&, TBH, I'm not expecting one as they haven't mapped for a few years now).
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> As I say, when is "long enough" to just fix it?
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In such case I would delete it if you are sure that it is not present at all.
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