Bryce Nesbitt wrote:
> Sometimes it almost looks like some people here are afraid of new users.+1 We also have to see "deletions" as positive contributions "a priori" when it is really fixing something (e.g. removing an obsolete POI). Only intentional deletions are positive contributions. There are "mouse mistake" deletions. And "haste" deletions. All I ask is that before deleting a POI, that you (beginner, intermediate or guru) examine it. Can it be fixed? Should it be disused: instead? There are few POIs that can be reasonably deleted from the geometry alone... which is why I feel putting the trash can in the editing area is poor workflow. Instead set the UI up to encourage good workflow: see a POI that might be bad, examine it's current content and/or history, apply local knowledge and/or research, and then execute a course of action. Respect the prior mapper's work by actually looking at it, prior to deleting it.
Until such time as we have a properly documented workflow which archives 'obsolete POI' to an historic map database, they should remain on the map, with an end date. OK the history retains when an action as taken, but the important missing information here is 'closed down xxx' otherwise one does not know if an item was removed because it was wrong or for some legitimate reason. So to my mind there should NEVER be a trash can - 'archive' with properly added tags is the only correct work flow!
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