On 12/16/2011 4:14 PM, Paul Norman wrote:
From: Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr) [mailto:[email protected]]
Subject: Re: [OSM-dev] Harmless edits
My opinion is that the agree-er's change of the (apparently, but who
knows for sure?) mis-spelling of the nmae= tag to name= brings the
information into the realm of agreement by the adoption of the most
recent edit of the tag. It is the responsibility, I would think, of the
correcting user to ensure the validity of the change and is no different
than an agree-er entering their own name= tag based on what some non-
agree-ing person told them about the object.
The disappearance of the nmae= tag makes the original addition a
harmless edit. The edit is no longer present.
The appearance of a name= tag must be, IMHO, considered acceptable if
done by an agree-ing user. There is no way nor reason to infer that it
was simply a correction of a spelling error without also assuming that
the responsibility and agreement status for the information has
transitioned to the most recent editor.
I cannot agree with your view that the responsibility for agreement
transfers to the most recent editor. As an example, xybot fixes some common
spelling errors in tags, as well as some other common mistakes.
'bots are one thing, manual edits are another. If a live editor "fixes"
the nmae= to name= then would not responsibility transition to the
entity that made the decision to implement said change?
Lynn (D) - Just trying to understand
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