freebeer
Adam Ant, has the neighbourhood been traced into the map data?  I see no outline in the raw data.  If not, why close this note after receiving an explanation that matches what is in-progress mapped nearby?
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l do not see why you are casting the personal note net so wide.  I define it as something that does not belong on the map.  like if someone opens a note, `school reunion 23.05.2018 here'.
I find it no problem if a mapper uses the notes to point out errors they intend to resolve.  not everyone has so much time as you or I, and putting such info in public makes it visible, allowing someone else to pitch in as well as making it known (to me in Jon's case) that it is on someone's radar.
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The wiki should not be seen as gospel for there have been cases of wiki-fiddling and revisionist edits, and often things are written without a broad worldwide perspective.
This conversation, per the wiki, is not what notes are intended  for.  However they work well as a geographically-relevant and limited space to carry out a conversation at a lower level of formality than the lists/fora, yet still being public.  That has developed over time and probably isn't mentioned.
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If you want a world perspective of abuse of notes yet are uncomfortable outside english, some of the worst areas are big cities in Nepal and the Philippines.   I've tried to clean the worst abuses worldwide where I can make out part of the language, so you'll see a much cleaner state than a year ago.
Save your vitriol for the maps.me abusers in those countries.  Jon should not even be on your radar and I do hope he can shrug off what I see as unwarranted attacks the last day, rather than being discouraged as I know I would.
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By the way, I just took some minutes, scrolled through my feed and counted 7 notes Jon steadily resolved since the end of last month.  I presume Jon is a full-time student and gainfully employed making ends meet wih a limited amount of free time to divide between having a Life (something I've forgotten) and occasionally contributing to OSM, so I am grateful for these contributions.
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Notes are a tool for working on the map, available to mappers and non-mappers alike (GDPR will affect this from the operations discussion), and so long as Jon is using them for mapping, which I believe he is, then I  see no reason to criticise what he is doing when I have been perfectly satisfied by his explanations here and elsewhere.
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Observe that a note marker takes you directly to one place on the map to edit for convenience, which my Garmin does not, nor a piece of paper.
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There's probably more, but on this grotty tablet screen, I'll pull a Frightnrs and have Nothing More To Say (that'll date me and my backlog).
Happy mapping and Bugswatting.
Over and out.
