[Talk-GB] The state of Bristol in OSM

[Dave F.]

On 14/01/2012 20:34, Dave F. wrote:
> On 13/01/2012 20:19, Brian Prangle wrote:
>> Also beware the Geofabrik tool listing data loss as "harmless" - what 
>> this really mean is that the original data before the non-accepter 
>> touched it won't be lost but maybe a dozen subsequent edits adding 
>> and improving the data will be
>
> Isn't that what the orange colour represents?
> I thought that it referred to, say, a 'red' coloured way was joined 
> into a 'clean' way. Deletion of the 'red' way would remove a node from 
> the 'clean' way but not erase it completely. Am I wrong?

It appears Brian is correct.

Geofabrik is displaying it incorrectly.
If a way is created by an acceptor, but subsequently edited by a 
decliner it should be listed as orange, However OSM Inspector lists it 
as "harmless" yellow. Beware.

Dave F.