[OSM-talk] Mechanical Edit?

[Mike Thompson]

On Sun, Jul 25, 2021 at 1:52 PM stevea <steveaOSM at softworkers.com> wrote:

> Speaking as a volunteer who (occasionally, but truthfully) commits changes
> on a sometimes national, international and/or continental level, I find the
> "county at a time" supposed-tenet as overly restrictive (for MY edits
> sometimes, and others, too).  I do hear you loudly and clearly that very
> large bbox extents make changes difficult for one human mind to grasp (for
> various reasons).  However, it remains true that edits which happen at a,
> say, continental level (I do "take a deep breath" before I do so, but I
> always, as is true with all my edits, do so with a commitment to
> correctness and high quality) are not necessarily "always wrong" or even
> "suspect" but can be "grasped" with cogent explanation.  Good communication
> (to and from the author, perhaps including wider community participation,
> as here) really does help.
>
> I think we are seeing some sausage being made here.  Not to say "that's
> all" (which feel dismissive and I don't want to do that) but "talking it
> out more" is better than "talking it out less" (or not at all).
>
1) Thanks for your comments Steve!
2) Some changesets, such as those impacting cycle networks, will
necessarily be large, I understand and accept that.
3) I would be ok with the changesets here if they had been discussed with
the community and documented ahead of time, although during the discussion
I would have pushed for smaller bounding boxes, which is entirely possible
with the type of changes we are talking about.

Mike

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