On 12/06/2020 12:00, Frederik Ramm wrote:
and very rarely intentional.

Point 1:
This is what's always confused me. I occasionally look into world wide changeset & it's often one spurious object in another continent, which the contributor can't explain.

I'm unsure if it's one specific editor . It takes a concerted effort to pan across the globe & load extra data  P2 makes it virtually impossible Could there be a glitch in the software which augments the changeset with the rest of the database?

Point 2:
There needs to be a distinction in the types of large area changesets.
1. Where a contributor pans & loads to make random edits on multiple items. This should be discouraged. 2. Global edits to amend one specific item on multiple entities (a spelling correction, for instance). As long as the changeset comment clearly explains the purpose, this is acceptable as it improves the quality of the database.

There is a lot of negativity about large changsets, but assessment of them should be based on quality, not quantity.

DaveF




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