Agreed. I suspect a lot of mistakes in the OSM database by new mappers would have been backed out by them, could they figure out how to do so.
Pieren <pier...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 1:05 AM, Bryce Nesbitt <bry...@obviously.com> > wrote: > > > In regards to mistakes: I think it clear that iD makes delete more > prominent > > and easy to hit than P2, and misses opportunities to have better > delete > > workflows. > > I don't see this as a problem. Deleting is equally important as > inserting or moving objects in any editor. When you edit a page in > wikipedia, nobody complains that deleting words is so easy, even for a > first contribution. What I deeply regret is that OSM website still > does not offer to everyone, including newcomers, a fast and easy way > to revert an edit once it is saved. Reverting is done in two clicks on > wikipedia. This is something important for newcomers. They are less > worry to participate if they know that they (or someone else) can > revert at any time their mistakes, even after clicking the 'save' > button. > > I have personnally more problems when I see that moving a node is > simpler than moving a way, but that's a detail. > > Pieren > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com "Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
