[Tagging] changeset tag for automated/mecanical edit

[Joseph Eisenberg]

mechanical=yes was added as a requirement in October 2010 by Frederik Ramm
in an older version of the page:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Automated_edits_policy&diff=next&oldid=547019

So "mechanical=yes" and "bot=yes" have been recommended for almost 12 years.

- Joseph Eisenberg

On Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 12:19 PM Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging <
tagging at openstreetmap.org> wrote:

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> Aug 23, 2022, 18:59 by marc_marc at mailo.com:
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> Le 23.08.22 à 18:14, Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging a écrit :
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> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Automated_Edits_code_of_conduct
> already has following about changesets:
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> You must also add the tag mechanical=yes (or bot=yes)
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> Not sure why changing that would be beneficial or useful
> and you have not explained any reasons for doing this.
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> you list 2 tags yourself (one of which was undocumented until today)
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> It was documented in 2015 already and I have not checked older page
> versions, see
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> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Automated_Edits_code_of_conduct&oldid=1209788
> (maybe separate page was created recently but tags were documented for a
> loooong time)
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