I've dropped DWG a note because the mapper in question has just responded
and I need to hold my tongue rather than reply.

Thanks for the tip.

Regards,
*Paul*

On Wed, 14 Nov 2018 at 20:57, ajt1...@gmail.com <ajt1...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 14/11/2018 19:48, Paul Berry wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Not for the first time I'm having a run-in with a user regarding
> > arbitrary mapping of road classifications in Leeds. Latest changeset
> > comments: http://osm.org/changeset/64361310
>
> In this particular case I'd drop a mail to the DWG at
> d...@osmfoundation.org as they're not unfamiliar with this mapper.
>
> >
> > Does anyone have previous experience of nipping this kind of thing in
> > the bud?
>
> Lots of locals saying "no, that's wrong - X is not a Y, it is a Z, which
> is how it was mapped before" is a good place to start.  There are
> exceptions to "A road is primary" etc. in the UK (e.g. Oxford High
> Street among others), but they are fairly rare.
>
> >
> > I don't mind manually reverting changes at some point but I'd rather
> > not do that just to start/prolong what might be an edit war.
>
> Once there's a a concensus of local mappers it's not so much an edit war
> as one person who doesn't agree with everyone else.
>
> I'd also suggest a review by locals of their changes in MK too (and
> sadly for me I'm probably more familiar with the centre of MK than the
> centre of Leeds these days).
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Andy
>
> (from the DWG, although I wasn't directly involved in issues involving
> this mapper previously)
>
>
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