[OSM-talk] Could we just pause any wikidata edits for a month or two?

[Safwat Halaby]

On Tue, 2017-10-03 at 17:21 -0400, Yuri Astrakhan wrote:
> While I have nothing against pausing bulk wikidata additions for a
> month,
> we should be very clear here:
> * several communities use bots to maintain and inject these tags,
> e.g.
> Israel. Should they pause their bots?

I am the Maintainer of the IL bot. I don't think it should be paused.
Everyone here is fine with it, and it's not specific to wikidata tags.
It maintains shop/brand/fuel chains and keeps some of their tags
consistent. I documented[1] the bot transparently, and anyone can
easily modify the bot's "injected" tags easily if it's ever needed. 

Whatever is eventually decided regarding the Wiki tags can easily be
applied to the bot. I see no reason for the bot to cease working. It's
not a Wiki bot.


[1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:SafwatHalaby/scripts/brand