[OSM-talk] Was the deletion of Null Island reasonable?

[Phil Wyatt]

Hi Folks,

That's a NO from me - the island doesn't exist so it should not be in OSM.
The Buoy does exist so that should stay (whilst it is still in place)

Cheers - Phil

-----Original Message-----
From: Emil Linus Albrecht <admin at sandschmecktgut.de> 
Sent: Monday, 3 January 2022 1:14 PM
To: talk at openstreetmap.org
Subject: [OSM-talk] Was the deletion of Null Island reasonable?

Good evening, everyone,


This is a little outdated, yes, but debate has just sparked in the OSM World
Discord server about a deletion of something, some might consider the base
of everything: Null Island (Node #9028040143).


This has already been discussed a little on changeset #110097966, the
creation of the Null Island node, though I feel this needs to be discussed
more, as this can apply to other things as well.


I personally think, fictional stuff such as Null Island should be kept:

* It has a Wikipedia page

* German semi-educational TV show Galileo once covered it

* It is in many other datasets

* We also have Node #2327750884



What do you all think? Should Null Island be kept? Please, let everyone
know!

-Emil


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