[Talk-GB] Addition of Wikipedia links in German!

[Colin Smale]

WARNING: CHECK YOUR BOUNDARIES!

Longbow4u has been causing other problems with these edits as well. In 
Kent the boundaries of Ashford and Shepway districts have been emptied 
of ways. The addition of wikipedia links is continuing apace, sometimes 
in English, sometimes in German.

This changeset seems particularly problematic:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/13577241

I have sent him/her a message requesting them to repair the damage to 
these boundary relations and have suggested rolling back that whole 
changeset might be a good place to start.

Colin

On 21/10/2012 17:08, Robert Norris wrote:
>
> Seeing these edits:
>
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Longbow4u/edits
>
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/13577963
>
> to add a tags such as "wikipedia = de:Portsmouth"
>
> One can't help but wonder what the point of such tags are (an indeed website), as any intelligent web search based on the name of the object (and +wikipedia) and maybe UK or the county will usually takes to one the web site (or wikipedia) of that item and probably in the right language too...
>
> (even if I often tag POIs with websites myself...)
>
> This sort of automatic search linking would be much web 2.0, than the pile of URL related values in the DB.
>
> Be Seeing You - Rob.
> If at first you don't succeed,
> then skydiving isn't for you.
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