[OSM-talk] RFC: what are empty nodes and how should we use them?

[Toby Murray]

Yeah, I would tend to agree that empty nodes should be regarded as
errors. That is how I spotted a problematic changeset the other day
that really needed reverting. I know OSM emphasizes distributed
tagging/usage but an empty node has absolutely no value to anyone
except (maybe) the person who created it. And even then it is a pretty
bad way of leaving a reminder for yourself. For the sake of the
community, there should at least be a note or FIXME tag or *something*
on it otherwise I view it as doing nothing but taking up space in the
database.

Toby