#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.
@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!
@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.
@stefanieschulte @ebel Yes, I like the "watch" feature better.
@stefanieschulte @saper Well a new user wouldn't know about these things! #OpenStreetMap doesn't have anything like #Wikipedia's watchlist feature. You can monitor all changes in an area, but not all your changes. #OSM, unlike #WP, is lots of little changes.
@saper @stefanieschulte I am thinking of writing an #OSM watchlist feature myself actually. But there's so much data! :(
@ebel @saper Wouldn’t it be more desirable to allow them to (voluntarily) subscribe to changes? This is what I did on www.pmwiki.org