This edit changes the entire street to a sidewalk, and adds... a ford!? please familiarize yourself with OSM tagging practices before future contributions. reverted this as vandalism.

reverted changesets 136261937 136261750 136261730 136261668 136261445 136261395 136261384 136261278 136261257 136261247 136261235 136261213 136261191 136261180 136261159 136261128

all low-quality edits by multiple new accounts within the last few hours.

correction: previous comment was intended for the previous revert. this one includes the following changesets, with the same reasoning:

136261127 136261081 136260997 136260972 136260868 136260178 136257857 136257848 136257790 136257768 136257687 136257655 136257606 136257461 136257337 136257256 136256265

reverted changesets 136261937 136261750 136261730 136261668 136261445 136261395 136261384 136261278 136261257 136261247 136261235 136261213 136261191 136261180 136261159 136261128

all low-quality edits by multiple new accounts within the last few hours.

please connect ways to other routable ways; reverting this as vandalism.

sidewalks shall be connected to other ways (like sidewalks or crosswalks) for routing purposes. reverting this as vandalism.

what's the purpose of this traffic sign without other tags? the stop sign is already mapped as part of the way. reverting as vandalism.

what's the purpose of this traffic sign without other tags? the stop sign is already mapped as part of the way. reverting as vandalism.

highway=stop should be placed on the way the stop sign is on, not on the sidewalk way. reverting this as vandalism.

thank you for your corrections! the iD editor makes it easy to screw these!

Hi,
Based on the docs, 'service' is for access roads to individual properties and businesses. 'unclassified' is, confusingly, a very minor connecting road.
I've reverted Harvey Siding Road back to 'unclassified', because it connects Howes Brook and Little Canada to the the outside.

Hi t2editme,
As fellow editors pointed out to me earlier, OSM uses the 'can it be jumped across' test to distinguish streams versus rivers. I'm re-classifying some of these streams back as rivers, since they fail that test in the majority of their span.

Hi elmorobike,

My apologies if I didn't communicate my points clearly. It's just that among a few welcome changes (mapping new buildings) you also made some that appeared like vandalism at a first glance. I'm sorry that I jumped to a wrong conclusion. Let's address some of the points one by one then.

That is a fact that this changeset of yours deletes the Lafayette and a portion of Coolidge Street. I understand that it could have been a mistake. In such a case I recommend that when you're about to upload your changes, you look through the list of the changes (it's at the bottom of the panel when you hit "Save"), and if you see anything unintentional there, you still have a chance to undo those. You can also refresh the page to discard your entire changeset and start from scratch.

"I did rename, per your request, the Dollar General..." note that I already renamed it to Dollar General, as well as addressed some other issues that I raised.

"Gerard or Girard. I used the OSM existing street name on the OSM map to enter the name of the street" The main problem with that changeset (changeset/128406564) is that you added a 2nd overlapping way on top of the existing Gerard Drive. Gerard Drive was already mapped, so it's not clear what you were trying to achieve?

"you stated "use the street sign"" -- I didn't ask you to use the street sign; and I do not live in Van Buren. Street level imagery of that area is publicly available for validation, however.

Re building footprints: the fact that you outlined roof lines suggested that it was an automated edit by a bot. Most aerial imagery is actually oblique, so we can easily see that a building has a rectangular footprint. I admit that this is nitpicking at this point.

HTH & Happy editing

why do you delete Lafayette Street and part of Coolidge Street?

use the name as it appears on the building, which is "The Gayety Theatre Bldg." not "#_geog".

please use the correct brand name; this is a Dollar General, not a "Dollar Store".

the street sign says 'GERARD DR'; do not add a duplicate feature with an incorrect spelling.

we map building footprints, not the roof-line as seen from an arbitrary angle.

I see -- by that definition many other marked streams should be rivers then; I'll know to fix those next time I come by some; Thanks!

You reclassified Arnold Brook as a river -- it seems like a mistake. Please confirm.