[Tagging] converted_by : discardable ?

[Brian M. Sperlongano]

On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 12:32 PM Marc_marc <marc_marc at mailo.com> wrote:

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> Le 26.01.21 à 18:01, Brian M. Sperlongano a écrit :
> > Well, with an object count that small, it would be trivial do the edit
> > with a sparse overpass query into JOSM on a single changeset
>
> it is indeed my intention to propose it, but as Mateusz points out,
> mechanical mass editions with a worldwide scope are sometimes discussed
> on the principle "why do it since it will disappear automatically in X
> years ?".
> that's why I wanted to do in order: discussion, wiki, local edition
> where I know that this kind of proposal is likely to succeed,
> and then possibly propose a worldwide edition.
>

Well, you have my support.  Inertia and the fear of object revision counts
by one are a poor excuse for keeping obviously useless cruft in the
database.
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