[OSM-talk] THIS is the kind of enthusiasm some would reject

[Mateusz Konieczny]

On Fri, 11 Sep 2015 22:26:40 -0400
Russ Nelson <nelson at crynwr.com> wrote:

> Dave F. writes:
>  > > Don't destroy other people's mapping. Why is this not obvious?
>  > 
>  > What's obvious is that it's a track.
> 
> May I make a suggestion that I don't really want you to take? If you
> really agree with Frederik that abandoned railways should not be
> mapped, and you think it's okay to delete things other people added
> just because you think they shouldn't be in OSM, then you should write
> an script which locates railway=abandoned and automatically removes it
> everywhere.

(1) automatic edit has much higher requirements than normal edit - see
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Automated_Edits_code_of_conduct

(2) railway=abandoned includes both cases where railway is still
present and cases where railway no longer exists so automation is
impossible