[OSM-talk] OSM Note 1000000

[Hans De Kryger]

Over the last 2 days i've closed 500+ notes with the words (My
house,house,*someones name* house, I live here, my friend lives here)

*Regards,*

*Hans*

On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 2:55 PM, Nicolás Alvarez <nicolas.alvarez at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 2017-05-28 6:08 GMT-03:00 Florian Lohoff <f at zz.de>:
> > On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 07:12:07PM -0300, Nicolás Alvarez wrote:
> >> Really? Calling it "notes" is one of the worst parts of this system.
> >> People in my area keep using them for personal notes / bookmarks
> >> (sometimes with content as meaningless as "it's here"), not
> >> understanding that their purpose is reporting errors or missing things
> >> on the map.
> >
> > Is that the intended purpose? Says who? I do use it for personal notes
> > aswell although i try to give enough context that others can make use of
> > it.
>
> When I say "personal notes" I mean regular users (non-editors) adding
> notes saying "here is the party" or "mom's house".
>
> --
> Nicolás
>
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