Re-reading this I phrased this with more hyperbole than I intended, sorry. I do think we should learn from past mistakes and approach any automated edit, be it an import or a (subsequent) fix, with the proper diligence. Which is what we’re doing here, and I commend you for taking an open-minded approach in your initial email.
Martijn > On Mar 21, 2019, at 8:29 AM, Martijn van Exel <m...@rtijn.org> wrote: > > Stepping back a bit, the urge to fix previous automated edits with new > automated fixes is understandable, but it may lead to a more casual approach > to imports and automated edits, because we basically say with each fix that > ill-informed automated map edits can always be fixed with more automated > edits later. We’ve already gone down that path in the U.S. quite far, so we > should proceed with extra care - unless we as a community decide that that is > the nature of OSM in this country. It isn’t to me. >
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