[OSM-talk] Sudden influx of bad HOTosm edits in West Bank

[Safwat Halaby]

On Sun, 2017-10-29 at 15:47 -0700, Mark Wagner wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 22:15:18 +0200
> Safwat Halaby <swiftfast at gmx.com> wrote:
> 
> > - Adding closed ways with area=yes instead of building=yes, or with
> > no
> > tags at all
> 
> A closed way with "area=yes" is a *very* common newbie mistake with
> iD:
> the user traced an area, then forgot to tag it, or didn't realize
> they
> needed to apply additional tags.
> 

Yes but that's not the issue with those edits per se. For instance
adding area=yes (or building=yes) on pre existing buildings en masse is
not a very common newbie mistake. See my other messages for more
details