#Idea: #OpenStreetMap bot which will leave a changeset comment (in your name) on the original changeset when you modify an object, with your original comment.

Often I fix up problems people have added by mistake, twould be let them know that, so they learn #OSM

Does this exist?

@ebel One thing I like about #OSM is little social interaction. Like in my early #Wikipedia days I didn't interact with the #community and just did my own thing.

Having somebody pointing me out bad edits would certainly remove my incentive, although I am happy to learn.

I think it is a cultural thing, though. #Germans are taught to accept others correcting their mistakes and it comes natural to them.

@saper @ebel This is an interesting debate - I think in Germany it‘s considered more rude to fix someone‘s mistake without giving them an explanation (really a cultural thing, I guess).

@stefanieschulte @saper The context for this is the #OpenStreetMap project, which is a wiki map. So the idea of correcting and changing other's work is taken for granted.

Most of my mapping is done outside of Germany, because the Germans have done it all!

@ebel @saper Must admit I have never contributed to OSM, but isn't it considered normal to provide an explanation when you change somebody else's work even in wiki projects?

@stefanieschulte @saper yes #OpenStreetMap has, and requires, that you comment every edit. What I'm talking about to then messaging the original contributor(s) to tell them that I have changed what they added originally, and why. My goal is to help educate new users, because it's easy to make mistakes in #OSM.