I am confused, are you telling me being in chicago, where i can go to the place i am editing, not relying on satellite view which is behind by at least 7 month or more here, i should be messing around in London. >Friday, June 12, 2020 9:26 AM -05:00 from Dave F via talk ><talk@openstreetmap.org>: > >On 12/06/2020 14:44, Frederik Ramm wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On 12.06.20 15:22, Dave F via talk wrote: >>> There is a lot of negativity about large changsets, but assessment of >>> them should be based on quality, not quantity. >> Yes, we're not discussing a popup that says "You dumbass, why did you >> create a world-spanning changeset?" ;) > >I'm not convinced that's true. Already in this thread someone is blaming >large changesets purely because the verifying software they're using >isn't capable of dealing with them. Judge on quality not quantity. > >> The way in which editors deal with that would likely differ; in JOSM it >> might be a popup that says "are you sure?" and in ID it might be a >> floating warning somewhere. >> >> Your example of a world-wide spelling fix as an acceptable edit does not >> agree with me; these edits often have unwanted side effects. See >> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org ("if someone has described a 'horse' as a >> 'kow' correcting the spelling to 'cow' does not make the description >> correct"). > >Tenuous & assumptive. >It was just one "example". > >> OSM is a project of local knowlege. > >Just because you believe that, it doesn't make it so. >Knowledge which effects OSM comes from many sources: >A walk though town where a new shop has opened, or BBC world news which >reports how a Far Eastern bridge building project has been cancelled & >the proposed data requires removing. > >> World-spanning changesets compatible >> with that idea are not impossible but rare; and erroneous or even >> rule-violating changesets > >These rules require amending as they're based purely on size & the >criticism is usually in the form of " "You dumbass, why did you create a >world-spanning changeset?". Judge on quality not quantity. > >> are much more frequent among world-spanning >> changesets than among everyday small bbox changesets. >I'm not convinced. This perception only occurs because changesets over >large areas stand out. > >Cheers >DaveF > >_______________________________________________ >talk mailing list >talk@openstreetmap.org >https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
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