[OSM-talk] Could I globally replace [building:level] with [building:levels] ?

[Dave F]

On 17/05/2022 15:27, Simon Poole wrote:
>
> particularly when there is no clear root cause. 

If there is a specific reason it's good to sort it, but it doesn't 
invalidate correcting errors.

> Then there is the issue that the data in the tags might not be valid 
> to start with and that has simply been hidden by the invalid key up to 
> now,

If there were errors previously in the value tags, there will still e 
the same number of errors afterwards. Unhiding the key means they're 
more likely to be spotted & corrected


>   for example there are nearly 100 -1 values 

There are 636 cases with 'building:levels' so I fail to see your point.
>
> only has a very minor impact on data quality

Again, doesn't invalidate error correction.

> and leave things as if,

This is illogical to improving the quality of the OSM database.
We allow every new users (those most likely to make tagging errors) to 
start amending immediately, which I concur with, yet there's this 
reluctance among some contributors  to allow corrections by amendments 
or deletions.

DaveF

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