[OSM-talk] proposed automated edit: building=building to building=yes

Mateusz Konieczny matkoniecz at tutanota.com
Thu May 15 08:54:36 UTC 2025


I remember someone asking in
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edits/Mateusz_Konieczny_-_bot_account/moving_building%3Dbuilding_to_building%3Dyes
discussion what my plan is when these building=building reappear

So this time I am proposing building=building to building=yes as a reoccurring edit
in https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edits/Mateusz_Konieczny_-_bot_account/moving_building%3Dbuilding_to_building%3Dyes_(again)
to avoid asking again 2032

building=building is an unexpected way to mark building without specifying its type 
and therefore retagging this duplicate to building=yes would improve tagging 
without any information loss.  

It makes life easier for various editor showing building type or doing anything special with
building=yes
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