[OSM-talk] Proposed mechanical edit - remove tracking parameters

[Marc M.]

Hello,

I agree the idea and thank you for doing the operation,
can you highlight on the wiki the key and the logic ? it seem to be
key : website url source (but not 	
contact:website heritage:website brand:website 	
source:website operator:website was:website ?)
target : "fbclid", "gclid", "campaign_ref", "mc_id", "utm_source",
"utm_medium", "utm_term", "utm_content", "utm_campaign"

someone who doesn't read the code, must still be able
to easily understand the criteria of the operation.

Regards,
Marc

Le 13.05.20 à 13:40, Mateusz Konieczny via talk a écrit :
> URL often have unnecessary parts, typically added for tracking purposes.
> This tracking parameters sshould never appear in any osm tags.
> 
> FB, Google and other add tracking links for various purposes.
> 
> It means that it is beneficial to turn tag
> website=http://paris.intersquat.org/les-lieux/le-satellite/?fbclid=de58e340d6aa79a584552a2055042d004b9b19454bc0d7a6046fc81fc90f51
> into
> website=http://paris.intersquat.org/les-lieux/le-satellite/
> 
> This urls can be often fixed using an automated script, allowing to
> use human time on something more productive.
> 
> Human-made edit will also result in changing "last edited by"
> (while not allowing to filter out such edits unlike marked bot edit),
> there are better ways to spot areas requiring fixes and we are not lacking
> places with QA indicators that manual review is needed.
> 
> Usually tracking links are added by clueless people who just searched for
> a website and copied it from FB/Google.
> 
> There are rare cases of links created to specifically track OSM users
> see for example
> * https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/754704241/history
> ** https://www.cronauerlaw.com/?utm_source=openstreetmap
> * https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1063808111/history
> **
> http://www.travelerscoffee.ru?utm_campaign=geo&utm_source=openstreetmap&utm_medium=link
> * https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/6817678019/history
> **
> https://www.resotainer.fr/agence-bonneuil-sur-marne?utm_source=open-street-map&utm_medium=recherche-locale&utm_content=openstreetmap&utm_campaign=open-street-map-garde-meubles-bonneuil-sur-marne
> * https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1684317522
> **
> http://www.travelerscoffee.ru?utm_campaign=geo&utm_source=openstreetmap&utm_medium=link
> 
> In general I have not noticed correlation between presence of tracking links
> and additional issues that would not be detected automatically.
> 
> Therefore automatic removal of tracking parameters is not causing loss of
> useful indicators of areas that should be reviewed.
> Osmose and JOSM validators and StreetComplete are offering better
> indicators.
> 
> Automatic removal would allow me to spend time on something more useful,
> than reviewing all cases where this links are present and confirming
> them one by one.
> 
> Proposed bot edit would remove links where all used parameters are tracking
> users and may be removed. Other links will be reviewed manually to catch
> also currently unknown tracking parameters.
> 
> Anchors (#section) will be preserved.
> 
> Parameters for removal across OSM: fbclid, gclid, campaign_ref, mc_id,
> utm_source, utm_medium, utm_term, utm_content, utm_campaign
> 
> Code is tested, I am currently using it in a manual review mode.
> Sole difference in but run will be disabling of manual confirmation.
> 
> I have experience with automated edits, see
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edits/Mateusz_Konieczny_-_bot_account
> 
> Yes, editing element will cause it to be edited and change "last edited"
> date.
> Effect will be exactly the same in case of using bot and manual edit
> (which I will do anyway in case of rejecting this automated edit proposal).
> Note that in case of bot edits you may filter out bot edits marked as
> automatic.
> 
> Documentation page:
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edits/Mateusz_Konieczny_-_bot_account/remove_tracking_parameters
> 
> Edits that would be made by bot, based on currently present tracking
> parameters:
> https://gist.github.com/matkoniecz/6710d066fea6596533f5013040eb5dc1
> 
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