[talk-au] Wide-ranging changeset that merges tags from addresses, shops and buildings

[Warin]

Hi,
I have reverted one changeset - in Yemen. It deleted 3 buildings - still 
there according to the imagery .. as well as inappropriately combing 
things. I selected it to review as it was a small change and in an area 
where few may notice.

I await any response from the contributor.

On 5/5/21 1:23 pm, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote:
> Thanks for letting us know, Stephane!
>
> Yes, it worries me a bit that somebody would make changes world-wide 
> on their first day, & as you say, also consolidate multiple things 
> into one :-(
>
> Thanks
>
> Graeme
>
>
> On Wed, 5 May 2021 at 12:19, Andrew Harvey <andrew.harvey4 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:andrew.harvey4 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I agree with the concerns you raised in the changeset comment, and
>     that the changesets are well-meaning, so let's see if and how they
>     respond first. There are only a handful of changesets all from 18
>     days ago at this point.
>
>     On Wed, 5 May 2021 at 11:12, Stéphane Guillou
>     <stephane.guillou at member.fsf.org
>     <mailto:stephane.guillou at member.fsf.org>> wrote:
>
>         Hi all
>
>         I am /respectfully /writing to hear what you think about this
>         changeset from a seemingly new contributor. I definitely don't
>         want to publicly shame someone's well-meaning contribution,
>         but after commenting on the changeset, I want to:
>
>           * Inform others that the area they contribute to might have
>             been affected too
>           * Know what other contributors think about the nature of the
>             changes, given that I have very little experience with
>             fixing / reverting changes that affect such large areas.
>
>         You will notice from the changeset history of the contibutor
>         <https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Australets/history> that
>         all their changesets were submitted on one single day, the day
>         they created their OSM account, and that they affect very
>         distant areas around the world (which makes me think there
>         isn't much local knowledge involved).
>
>         The changeset that affects the area I am familiar with is
>         changeset 103074912
>         <https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/103074912>. But if
>         you live around Geraldton (WA), you might also be interested
>         in this one: 103072911
>         <https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/103072911>.
>
>         Here is the message I wrote after I noticed the changes in my
>         area, so you have a better idea of my concerns, but given the
>         size of the changeset, I haven't been able to give it a
>         thorough review.
>
>         ---
>
>         Hi Australets! I was wondering about the motivation between
>         this changeset, as it changed quite a few things in the area
>         where I contribute.
>         What is the idea behind merging addresses, buildings and
>         points of interest? I know there are different opinions on the
>         matter, but I can see definite drawbacks in the merging you
>         did, at least in some cases. For example, some of the
>         resulting buildings end up having a "source" tag that used to
>         refer to only the address, but now seems to refer to the whole
>         object.
>         See for example this one:
>         https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/401769723/history
>         In other cases, the main building is apartments but now has
>         the name of one single shop included in it:
>         https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/444096785/history
>         In many cases, one single key could have a different values
>         for a building and a point of interest, even though the
>         general rule "One feature, one OSM element" applies. (e.g.
>         address, name, contact, source...). Separate POIs are also
>         helpful for shops to more precisely show in the building where
>         it is located.
>         Let me know what you think!
>
>         ---
>
>         Any input would be appreciated, especially tips about the way
>         forward!
>
>         Cheers
>
>         -- 
>         Stéphane Guillou
>         http://stragu.gitlab.io/
>
>         You can encrypt our communications by using OpenPGP. My public key 4E211060 is available on thekeys.gnupg.net  <http://keys.gnupg.net>  server.
>
>         Other ways to interact with me are listed on my contact page:http://stragu.gitlab.io/contact/
>
>

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-au/attachments/20210505/13684e59/attachment.htm>