On 4 February 2011 12:55, Stephen Gower <socks-openstreetmap....@earth.li>wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 11:18:19AM +0000, Peter Miller wrote: > > I use the following method. > > > > If the OS name is different from the streetsign and general usage I put > it > > in not:name > > If it is apparently a valid alternative I put it on alt_name > > I am not clear why anything else is required. > > What do you do when a road has completely gone? Mascall Avenue in Oxford > has completely gone. There's a new housing estate, with a road network that > doesn't match what was there before, so there's no way to mark with > old_name > or not:name or anything. > I suggest that the main upload process should spot an attempt to add back a feature which has been removed with the message ' Mascall Avenue was removed by -this- edit on xx-xx-xxxx with the comment 'blar blar' Are you sure you want to add it back'. A bot would also ideally do this prior to it getting to the upload stage. Wikipedia has a similar warning for people attempting to re-create a previously deleted article. Peter > s >
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