[OSM-talk] Code of conduct for automated (mass-) edits

Shaun McDonald shaun at shaunmcdonald.me.uk
Mon Sep 29 12:24:29 BST 2008


Hugh Barnes wrote:
> On Monday 29 September 2008 18:37:53 Gert Gremmen wrote:
>   
> [..]]
> All worthy ideas.
>
> I would probably look at using a custom, temporarily-useful User Agent string 
> in the HTTP request rather than specific "user" hoodoo, to summarise it 
> lazily. Is this a possibility?
>   
No, because the user agent is not recorded as part of the edits. Nor is 
it planned to record it as a property of the changeset in API 0.6.

Shaun





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