[Talk-ca] Railways duplicated in CanVec data

[Samuel Longiaru]

OK... I can set up one dedicated to Canvec imports.  That's no problem
if that is the preferred practice.   I do remember now reading that
reference in the Wiki that states " Consider creating a new user for the
import" but I interpreted the reason for doing so as not applicable as I
was not adding anything to the source tags.  So I did what was asked...
I considered it... but I didn't do it.  Also, I am not blindly or
mechanically importing but editing and tweaking as I go, so I guess
there is a gray area as to what is CanVec and what is "personal".  I
also label all the changesets as CanVec imports so that they are more
obvious in my own edit history.  But if it makes things easier to
track... I'll continue from now on under a different account.      

Thanks for the guidance.

Sam   



-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Weait <richard at weait.com>
To: Talk-CA OpenStreetMap <talk-ca at openstreetmap.org>
Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Railways duplicated in CanVec data
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:55:06 -0400


On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 6:51 PM, Samuel Longiaru <longiaru at shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> What?  Didn't know that.  We should be importing under a separate account?
> How is that to be set up?  Sorry if I've been doing this wrong.

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines#Use_a_dedicated_user_account
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Automated_Edits/Code_of_Conduct
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Data_working_group/Mechanical_Edit_Policy

Indeed.  Separate accounts for each import source are the current best
practice.  Not everybody is following this obviously.  No harm in
trying to follow all of the best guidelines.

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