[OSM-talk] A message to our friends at HOT, Peace Corps etc. about Changeset Comments

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2015-11-19 4:57 GMT+01:00 Kate Chapman <kate at maploser.com>:

> I fail to see how machine readable hashtags are "not useful". They allow
> statistical analysis which can be used to inform future recruitment and
> other activities.



they are not very useful for other mappers who try to understand what was
done in a changeset. They aren't descriptions of what was done, hence
shouldn't go into the "description" changeset tag. As the amount and kind
of changeset tags are unlimited like the tags on map objects, there really
isn't a good reason to put these "project-hashtags" into the same category
as the human readable explanations by the mappers about their work in a
particular set of changes. Actually, using a distinct tag might even be
easier to do evaluations.

Cheers,
Martin
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