[talk-au] Issues with a user putting back incorrect tags

[Philip Mallis]

Hi all,

I am seeking advice on how to proceed with an issue around Melbourne and Victoria regarding tagging of abandoned/disused railway stations and railways.

The Outer Circle Line is a railway that has been almost entirely ripped up and abandoned. The former track and its stations were previously incorrectly tagged with railway=station which meant that they showed up on the default OSM layer, in navigation apps and other places where they should not appear. I and others have been changing them to the correct railway:historic=station_site or railway:historic=station as per the consensus here: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Railway_stations#Stations_and_sites_which_are_not_currently_in_operation. Unfortunately, every time these tags have been corrected, the user has changed them back.

One of the recent instances is here: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4695022174/history 

I have tried messaging the user twice but no response was received and, as of eight days ago, the reverting has continued. I know of at least three other users who have also tried contacting this user over the past year or so to no avail.

Any advice on how to proceed?

Thanks,

Philip
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