[OSM-talk] Mechanically Cleaning Up FIXME Tags

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2015-02-25 11:07 GMT+01:00 moltonel 3x Combo <moltonel at gmail.com>:

> > 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.
>
> +1
>

I'm willing to believe that a particular fixme value is useless
> (either because it was fixed without removing the tag or because it is
> now deemed not a problem or because QA tools do a better job of
> pointing out the error), but you'll have to make the case for each
> individual value. None of the values in your "get rid" list are
> obviously useless to me, please explain.
>


+1



>
> The fact that something has a "low chance to get fixed" is irrelevant.
>


+1, in any case it seems more likely that the problems gets fixed with a
fixme tag than without.



>
> Now here's my shortlist of fixme tags that can be simply deleted, with
> explanation :
> * fixme=yes
>   Provides no information
>


-1, it indicates a certain overaverage probability of some (not further
specified) problem



> * fixme=name and variants of add_full_address when QA tools agree that
> a name or address is missing
>   The QA tools do a better job of pointing those out. But watch out
> for "fixme=name" that
>   really mean "the tagged name is wrong" for example.
>


+1

cheers,
Martin
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