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

[Dave F]

On 03/07/2018 12:33, Tom Pfeifer wrote:
> On 03.07.2018 12:44, Mateusz Konieczny wrote:
>> Not skill but knowledge - that fixme and FIXME have exactly the same 
>> meaning > I hoped that that in this case there will be no controversy 
>> at all and this minor duplication
>
> On 03.07.2018 12:52, Dave F wrote:
> > All the editors need to be checked to see if they're adding FIXME as 
> default.
>
> Yes, thus the logical consequence is that tickets are opened with the 
> major editors,
> to include that in the validators, and remind the users to fix the 
> underlying issue.
> When the object is edited without removing the fixme/FIXME, the 
> validator could lowercase it while saving the object anyway.

Great, but why not fix the existing in the database at the same time.
Analogy: When a waterpipe bursts, you fix the pipe to prevent further 
flooding, but you *also* mop up the water on the floor.

>
> This process was done with other tags that were found unnecessary, 
> such as _created_by_ on objects, and very successful without bloating 
> the history.

Created_by is different. It was added mechanically by editors, not 
users. Within entities it's a deprecated tag. Fixme is still a current, 
relevant, user added tag. (Saying that, I still think Created_by should 
be bulk removed)

DaveF