FWIW I'm not entirely convinced by the "separate footpath" to the north, but that's by a local so I've left it :)

Nullam plane me habere in Romanos ad Belfast :)

Actually, as you can see from way/128265146/history and changeset/16601166 , it wasn't a typo or tagging error.

Actually, from looking at way/128265146/history and changeset/16601166 it turns out it wasn't a spelling mistake.

@glglgl Thanks for spotting that! - I've asked a previous editor of that one for a suitable cuisine tag in changeset/16601166

Hi - yesterday I reverted a bunch of erroneous edits to "things that sound a bit like McDonald's". However this one was pointed out by someone in the discussion on changeset/35588866 , and I notice that it's got "cuisine=burger" on it from changeset/16323858 (which looks like an earlier attempt to change it into a McDonald's hamburger place). What would you say was an appropriate "cuisine" tag for it?

No, there really are 4 parallel main lines at way/212750580#map=19/53.18452/-1.40075 . Have a look from the bridge at the south end of Ankerbold Road (the side of the bridge isn't too high to see over the top of).

I'm not sure what you mean by "OSM can't detect multiple parallel tracks". "OSM" is just a big pile of data - are you talking about a particular rendering here?

Apologies for hijacking this discussion, but you're both familiar with the area and so may be able to help :)

To the north, at http://i.imgur.com/uzxI7OE.png , there's a "gap" in the bridleway (blue in that mage is "designation=public_bridleway", which is used to indicate "is legally a public bridleway" separately from the physical appearance of the path). I'm guessing that there's some connection between the two blue bits there, i.e. that there's some connection, probably via the car park?

But at way/212750580#map=19/53.18452/-1.40075 there are 4 (of 5) lines that could be considered "main lines", not 2.

What is the point of tagging something that can be obtained simply by looking at other nearby data? I wouldn't map a house, and then add a tag "houses_nearby=26"?

Also in what way is "tracks" deprecated? It's not useful here, because all lines are individually mapped, but it's useful in plenty of other places around the world.

I'm puzzled by the name "Midland Main Line" for way/14838061/history . About a fortnight ago I added details based on the signage at Mill Lane bridge in changeset/35319635 - have you surveyed since this date and has the signage changed?

Hi,
You've added "passenger_lines=2" to at way/212750580#map=19/53.18452/-1.40075
What exactly is it supposed to indicate?

What I normally do when I spot a problem like this is to see if the mapper's just very new. If they are very new I'd give them a bit of time to get the hang of things (at least a week or so) and then I'd send them a message (via a changeset discussion comment) explaining the potential problem and a possible fix. In some cases the fix isn't straightforward - quite often a road and a footpath (that are actually in reality the same thing) both get added and joining them when they cross is clearly not correct there. Alternatively, things that end very close to other things might not join because there's an as-yet-unmapped wall between them. If there's no reply to the changeset discussion and they don't fix it, and there are other local mappers I'd add a note (so that someone can survey it properly). If there are no local mappers and it's _really_ clear from the aerial imagery what the issue is I'd fix remotely, but most often I'd just add an OSM note so that when someone local comes along, they can fix it.

Thanks (FWIW from the imagery, it also looks like the river might continue a bit upstream to the southeast)

... so presumably you've surveyed all these, and verified that none of them are called "McDonald's" because they're run by someone called Agnes McDonald and actually do a nice goat curry?

Would it be possible to explain what you changed and why? "http://tools.geofabrik.de/osmi/?view=routing" doesn't really explain anything (and won't help the previous mapper to not make the same mistake again)

Are you sure that way/352601608/history really flows from northwest to southeast? The imagery, and the previous tagging, would suggest not.

No, it's just common courtesy to explain to other mappers what you're doing - it should neverbe "too much work". OSM is a collaborative project - we have to work together to try and create the best map.

An "error" on a QA site that there's a potential problem is a very good indication that something needs a proper survey (usually there are other errors locally that need fixing too). By removing these indications you are preventing local mappers from fixing the map. Also, where there are genuine issues, by failing to explain to people where they have created problems previously you won't prevent them from doing it again in the future.

@pmailkeey - the discussion above makes it clear that currently no path exists. You re-added it in changeset/35521480 , I've deleted it in changeset/35525671 . Please don't add it back until you've actually surveyed it yourself and found that it has reopened.
If you do take part in edit wars like this (without any local survey) you're likely to find yourself blocked from editing OpenStreetMap.
Best Regards,
Andy Townsend (SomeoneElse)
on behalf of OSM's Data Working Group.

Mike,
You've re-added this "path". The discussion on changeset/35015175 clearly suggests that right now it does not exist. Please don't map the world as you'd like it to be - respect the work of local mappers who have actually surveyed that it is not currently there.
Best Regards,
Andy Townsend (SomeoneElse)
on behalf of OSM's Data Working Group

Thanks. If something doesn't have a name I wouldn't use the description in the name field.

Incidentally, there is a tag in use for boatyard:
http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/waterway=boatyard
which might be more relevant here than "car_repair".