[Talk-nz] Rogue changesets e.g. "#yourinstancename-project-72"
Hugh Barnes
osm at hubns.com
Fri Jan 18 01:52:14 UTC 2019
While editing some new commercial establishments, I noticed an awful
shaped polygon: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/158010605 (and
screenshot attached for the archives). From limited examinations of the
changeset ( https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/65053905 ), it
appears to contain a fair number of edits of the same quality. And of
course to determine the nature and purpose of these edits, the author
has helpfully added the annotation "#yourinstancename-project-72".
Does anyone know anything about this edit, or the project from which it
came? _Why don't I contact the author?_ Because I fear more damage will
be done, and that may make the edit more difficult to revert. This
user's edits don't inspire confidence.
I just thought it might be useful to see if anyone knows anything first.
It would be helpful to know if this is just a very unskilled individual,
or a larger project providing inadequate guidance/oversight that needs
to be "brought into line".
Tangential question: this time I'm actually having some trouble using
the Perl revert tool with the OSM sandbox URLs. The changeset URLs are
returning 404, as are the URLs for the browser, e.g.
https://master.apis.dev.openstreetmap.org/changeset/65053905 even though
the changeset and its link are visible in the left hand panel when I use
the 'query features' feature :/ Anyone know why this is? Dry runs
against the live API seem fine.
Cheers
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