[I'm resending this since it might be stuck in the moderator queue as I wasn't a list member when I first sent it.]
On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 3:40 PM, Bryce Jasmer <br...@jasmer.com> wrote: > While doing a lot of edits in my area, I started to notice a pattern with > a particular user's name coming up and having to fix their information. I > dug into their edits a little more and had a hard time finding anything > that was actually valid. Some of the things they had done: > > * Assigning the name of the nearby freeway offramp as the addr:street > instead of the actual street the building is on > * Most addr.housenumber values are three digit and look like they just > mashed the keypad. Lot's of 789, 687, and so-on values. > * Deleting roads that have been around and will be continue to be around > for a long time > * Deleting building ways for buildings that still exist > * Assigning wrong addr:postcode values > * Giving names like "George" to apartment buildings > * Giving names like "Ikea" to businesses that clearly aren't Ikea > > The user hasn't been around for 3.5 years now, but they had done 88 > changesets in a short period (many in one day) and then thankfully > disappeared from doing further edits. I guess they got bored. I tried > reaching out to the user a few days ago, but highly doubt they will respond. > > Roughly half the edits are in my town, and the remainder are done in a > town in Michigan. I've prepared a spreadsheet with a tab for each city and > a list of the changesets along with what I'd like to do to them (revert if > clean, hand edit if dirty, skip if they have organically been repaired over > time). I'm going to see if I can find a local user to the Michigan > changesets and have them help me. If I can't find someone, I'll take care > of it myself. > > The spreadsheet can be found at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ > 1xmi1giD5yuKh2d3vlmWM2bgYApVNRldSM-2i5--Ethk/edit?usp=sharing > > I'm not 100% certain that the edits are all bad, but judging from the > history, I think it would be best to revert to versions of objects from > before they touched them. > > Is there a reason I shouldn't do this cleanup? > > Thanks, > Bryce (b-jazz) > >
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