Adamant1
Freebeer, as I said in your other comment about him, I have personal issue with the guy and I have resolved more than a few notes with his help. I don't see what is vitriolic about posing an alternative way of noting things to map that maybe he had not of thought of. Well you might think a note book doesn't work, he claims to be from the area and don't see why it would be hard to make a note saying "blah blah blah subdivision next to the school." or just copying and pasting the url of the area into a text file. I do both of them myself frequently. So maybe, you don't think a note pad is adequate, but I'm not being vitriolic for mentioning it. I resolved the note because it had been a month and like you said, he has been solving other notes in the mean time and I figured maybe he had changed his mind on this one and just hadn't gotten back to closing it. Its not like he couldn't come back in the seven days and be like "I'm still working on this. If he had, I would of been fine with that. Sometimes getting an email alert that a note is closed is a good reminder. 
I don't expect the rules to followed to a tee either, but it does make it hard to deal with more recent notes when I am forced to sift through the hundreds of older forgotten ones and if anything it just turns off other users from creating notes in the first place if it takes four or five years for them to be resolved. I have no issue with a month old note, but he did say it was something "he" was going to do when "he" got the time. He could of put a link up in the mean time for other people to map the area in his absence if they wanted. 
Its a social note system. Yes, we shouldn't follow rules stringently but notes shouldn't be created in a vacuum. To me there is a difference between personal information and a personal note. Your example is personal information, but this is a personal note. From the wiki page "Don't use notes for yourself in a way which is useless to others." How are we suppose to know its a nabhorhood name in the first place? There's nothing wrong with me asking him to elaborate. There was a guy in SF who created a bunch of notes about combining buildings and such who I asked what he meant by it so I could do the work for him and it was vague, since his notes had been there for like a year. Not only did he get a crap attitude about how he would get to eventually on the note he went of his way to send me a long convoluted message about his accolades as a GIS employee at some place, as if I should care. Whereas another user, Alx303 has a bunch of personal notes of things to map in the bay area that I have resolved some of by fixing and others just by resolving because they were vague etc, using the same language here you claim is viltrolic and he just messaged me today saying thanks for taking care of his notes and apologizing for the ones he left that were vague. So there is no hard and fast rule about it. 

Like you say, the rules on notes are vague in the first place and change a lot. To me the important thing is to make sure older notes don't just sit and rot, while also addressing the newer notes so users wont be turned off by the system. Like I said before, if that means accidentally resolving one or two notes here or there or being a little pushy once in a while, that's purgative. Although I don't think I was being that way.  
According to the notes states page I have resolved 494 notes in the last 3 weeks alone. If only two out of that many are bad or if I come off to one person a little strong in the process, I don't think I am doing that bad. I am sure Jon is understanding to and willing to cut me slack. Since, like I said, I've done work with him before. I actually resolved three of his notes earlier tonight to and think him for the heads up on them. 

What standard of note rot do you think is appropriate though? There's been a bunch of notes I resolved with you or obo510 being the last commentator and saying something like "well, I guess this note can be resolved now." but than five months later they are still sitting there and I have to cut through them to find a recent note about something that is actually currently relevant. So I know your idea of notes, their life cycles, and purposes are completely different then mine. I just resolved the notes in good faith though and left it at that. Maybe I should of made comments on them about how you and obo510 go to far the other way? Its weird you spend so much time reopening other peoples notes and commenting on them, but then you leave your own notes open for months. I don't really care either way though. I enjoy the comments and the extra information you provide is extremely necessary. I'm just pointing out that we have different strategies to the problem. 

Like I said in my other comment, sometimes when things get out of control, a firmer hand is needed. Maybe things are not out of control with Jon and I could back off a little, but the things are out of control with the note system as a whole, and I rather just apply the rules across the board and not make expectations. Its just easier to do it that way when I'm dealing with resolving such a high volume of notes in such a short time. That's nothing to do with you or Jon though. 

I appreciate the work you do on the notes and feedback you give. I was a little worried over the past month that you had decided to fully invest in the sunshine and that id be resolving dealing with notes alone for the summer. Your always good at spotting things I miss. Don't worry, once I get the major clumps of notes down to a more manageable number I'll ease up on people a lot. I'm just in a slash and burn mood right now. I don't feel like being slowed by in-formalities or minor details that are ultimately inconsequential. Sometimes the goal at hand requires it. 