[Talk-GB] Meta/Facebook #ProfanityCleanup

[Mark Goodge]

On 11/01/2023 10:02, Robert Skedgell wrote:
> I've noticed a couple of edits from Meta users in Colorado to clean up 
> imagined profanity.
> 
> In the first case the change from Dyke -> Dike corrected a genuine typo. 
> However, we have 410 objects in OS Open Names where the spelling is Dyke 
> compared to only 150 Dike. I'm concerned that others may be changed 
> without any local knowledge or adequate checking against OS Open Data 
> sources.

That is somewhat concerning. I hope they don't come across Wyre Piddle 
or Six Mile Bottom.

> In the second case, Pussy Lane in Shelley, West Yorkshire was renamed to 
> that of an adjacent street without any strong evidence to support that 
> change. OS 25 inch maps from 1892-1914 show that Pussy Lane existed 
> before Westerley Lane was built.
> https://osmcha.org/changesets/127841222/
> https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=18.0&lat=53.59838&lon=-1.69402&layers=168&right=osm

It's still Pussy Lane on OS Mastermap. I know that's not an open data 
source, but unless we have strong evidence from either on the ground or 
an acceptable open data source to change the name then we certainly 
shouldn't be altering it to disagree with OS where we previously had the 
same name.

Mark