Fair enough, I monitor this area and I've certainly seen plenty of obvious SEO spam! However, if a business owner wants to get their business name in OSM, I hope it won't get flagged for removal just because they used their business name for their account and only did one badly tagged node. Note, I don't know if that is the case with this particular node, but it seems like a slippery slope.

Hi, I am an area mapper, wondering why this POI got flagged for removal of data for advertising? Aside from not having the leisure=tanning_salon tag, it seems like legitimate data, and doesn't have a lot of the "description" garbage like a lot of SEO spam does.

Hi, I noticed you added a cycleway=track tag to SE Oak St. Since this cycle track is separated from the rest of the road, it was already mapped as a separate way. Although both methods are described on cycleway=*#Cycle_tracks, only one should be used for a given way.

Great! I find it very rewarding to use the data I entered :) Happy mapping!

OK, I didn't realize you are using the source tag for another purpose. Some new users see that tag on other existing features and then think it's required. When you say "app that is sourcing this for me" does that mean you are getting data from that app, or is the OSM data feeding into that app? I ask because if you're getting data from another source, you need to make sure the license is compatible with OSM. See osm.wiki/Legal_FAQ#2._Contributing

Hi, and thanks for adding so much detail to Owatonna! A couple tips based on viewing some of your edits: 1) unless a feature truly goes to the middle of a road, it's best practice to not attach the nodes of landuse ways (ie parks, religious areas) to roads (long story short, it's inaccurate and makes future editing more difficult), 2) in most cases it's no longer necessary to add imagery source to features as this is now included in the changeset tags, 3) it IS good to add the source of your knowledge to the changeset comments--if you live in an area, you might say "survey", "personal knowledge" or something like that.

Welcome to OSM and thanks for contributing to the map. A couple tips for adding additional info to buildings: 1) date something was constructed can be tagged with start_date, 2) you can use old_name for a place like this that used to be a hospital, 3) when tagging building:level on a building outline, include the largest number of levels within the footprint (not a range like 4-5). To add more detail about different parts of a building, see osm.wiki/Simple_3D_buildings Happy mapping!

Hello, and thanks for contributing to OSM! In this changeset, I noticed that in the parking lot of Hosanna Lutheran Church, the highway=service way overlaps itself. It's best to split this into multiple, connected ways. More best practices are here: osm.wiki/Good_practice Happy mapping!

I think that's the convention for areas like this, it's especially useful for routing. More info here: osm.wiki/Sidewalks#Sidewalk_as_separate_way

Hi, I'm wondering why you've disconnected the sidewalks from the streets?

I left a different changeset comment about multipolygon relations--here is a quick-and-dirty how-to: https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/22542/how-do-i-map-an-island-in-a-lake-using-id-editor-and-the-multipolygon-tag

The residential area with the school inside should be a multipolygon relation, instead of how you have drawn it. The residential outline would be the outer way, and the school outline the inner way, without a connecting line. Send me an OSM message if you're not sure how to do this--it comes in handy!

Hi and welcome to OSM. I notice you've been adding a lot of buildings. One thing that can make them look a little better (and creating them a bit easier) is to use the Square option in the iD Editor: right click on a building, and select it, or click on a building and hit S. Happy mapping!

Hi, is there a reason you deleted the main outer way for the Fort Shafter relation?

Hi and welcome to OSM! I noticed that you have overlapped some of the parking aisles near Ridgeway Center. In general it's best to create some ways that go through an area or form its edges, then fill in with single ways. Here is a link to a QA tool which might help you visualize the issue: http://tools.geofabrik.de/osmi/?view=geometry&lon=-89.86711&lat=35.10545&zoom=17&opacity=0.84 Happy mapping!

Hi and welcome to OSM! Thanks for adding to the map. One hint: I noticed the footway near Spruce and CH 134 overlaps itself. Instead, you would want to create two ways here--for example, one that goes to the NE, and one that connects to it and goes to the NW. Happy mapping!

Hi and welcome to OSM! There are a couple places you have overlapped a way (ie way/546438255 and way/546438222) In cases like this, please create one way, then start a second that branches off the first instead of making it all one feature. Thanks!

Hi, could you fix multipolygon relation/7757190 so that the outer and inner parts of the building are separate? Let me know if you have questions

Hi, it looks like the building and park may have gotten accidentally connected to the end of West School Street, could you take a look? Also, Morehouse Park should probably be one large area instead of multiple little ones. Park boundaries should generally encompass whatever is in them--roads, buildings, baseball fields, water, etc.

Hi, just an fyi that it's more common to tag fairgrounds as tourism=attraction. See https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/tO7 for examples