[OSM-talk] Mechanically Cleaning Up FIXME Tags

[SomeoneElse]

On 25/02/2015 05:00, Bryce Nesbitt wrote:
> Any fixme in wide use I'm not interested in deleting.

I'd strongly oppose the mechanical deletion of "low volume" fixme 
values.  Mappers local to me often use individually worded fixmes 
describing something that needs investigation.  By definition these 
values are "not in wide use", but definitely should be kept.  If I'm 
going to be in an area I always load the local notes and fixmes onto the 
Garmin so that if I'm near something that needs some attibute checking, 
I know about it.

>
> Get rid:
> fixme=check/adjust␣position␣and/or␣merge␣with␣existing␣stop␣if␣exists
> fixme=type_of_palm
> fixme=imported_to_be_checked
> FIXME=stream␣attribute␣data␣missing
>
> Keep:
> fixme=continue
> fixme=position
> fixme=resurvey
> fixme=dual_carriageway
>

I may be missing something here, but what actually is the benefit of 
this?  Even in the situation where a problematical import brought in 
lots of Palm Trees but not their species (or whatever) the "fixme" tag 
is still serving a useful purpose - in this case "this data was imported 
by a problematical import".

How will removing any "fixme" tag make the actual _data_ in OSM better?  
It'll just make it harder for people editing it to determine what is 
good data and what isn't.

Cheers,

Andy