[OSM-talk] proposed mechanical edit - moving FIXME=* to fixme=*

Dave F davefoxfac63 at btinternet.com
Tue Jul 3 12:17:06 UTC 2018


Hi Maarten

On 03/07/2018 10:38, Maarten Deen wrote:
> On 2018-07-03 11:23, Mateusz Konieczny wrote:
>> 3. Lipiec 2018 10:36 od mdeen at xs4all.nl:
>>
>>> What will prevent users from adding FIXME tags in the future?
>>
>> Nothing, users may add any tags. It is impossible to change that by
>> edits.
>
> Then the proposed mechanical edit is useless. 

It will improve the quality of the database

> It will have to be repeated periodically, 

Probably, but.the database is *always* being updated repeatedly so no 
real hardship.

> and I don't think that should be how we do QC for this problem.
> If this is a problem, it needs to be fixed at the root (change the API 
> to accept lowercase keys only or change every key to lowercase on 
> upload) and then corrected (this proposed mechanical edit).

Yes; & fixed in editors.

Cheers
DaveF



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