piebro/osm-data huggingface dataset:
Tomas Straupis (2016-06-28 07:41:15+00:00): Pakeitimas atšauktas. OpenStreetMap - tai bendras žemėlapis, todėl kaitalioti pavadinimų su „mano namas“ nereikėtų :-) Priekaištai maps.me tep-lep-programuotojams, kad nesugeba apie tai informuoti savo naudotojų.
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marczoutendijk (2016-06-28 09:44:24+00:00): amenity=fast_food en dan kledingreparatie??
amenity=bank en telefoonservice??
Dat lijkt me fout te zijn.
Lees je ook mijn welkomstmail?
Commodoortje (2016-06-28 22:29:33+00:00): Gecontroleerd,  diverse aanpassingen/verbeteringen verricht. 
Je zult toch echt iets zorgvuldiger te werk moeten gaan. Op deze manier ontstaat er veel vervuiling in OSM.
Ik heb één en ander inmiddels gecorrigeerd.

Coop stond al in het pand als node!
Het is niet de bar, maar Bar 62
Snackhouse zit niet op nr 119 maar op 20A (is rond 20 mei 2016 geopend)
De telefoonservice zul je wat duidelijker moeten zijn.
alji is geen bar maar een kapper
Rodrigo Rega (2016-06-28 11:52:44+00:00): Hola, o nome oficial do parque é "Arboredo de especies autóctonas" ou é simplemente unha descrición?
Concello de San Sadurniño (2016-06-28 12:07:37+00:00): Ola Rodrigo, así é como o denomina oficialmente o Concello, propietario de ambas plantacións. O lugar (todo, ata a estrada) é coñecido como "A Cortiña"
Rodrigo Rega (2016-06-28 12:33:17+00:00): Perfecto, gracias por aclaralo. Benvido/a a OSM!
user_5359 (2016-06-28 08:30:35+00:00): Welcome to OSM! I merge you node with the node https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3190959335, because yours are a duplicate entry .
Commodoortje (2016-06-28 22:35:35+00:00): Vermoedelijk heb je per ongeluk de Bakkerstraat aangepast naar Bakkerstraat1, arnhem.
Inmiddels heb ik de naam weer teruggeplaatst naar de juiste naamgeving.
Carlos Brys (2016-06-28 21:44:04+00:00): Cambié el nombre, reubiqué el nodo dentro del local y agregué un par de etiquetas
user_5359 (2016-06-28 08:26:21+00:00): Welcome to OSM! Please double check the position of your business (it seems the wrong building).
mavl (2019-01-05 16:29:20+00:00): This changeset was redacted.
iansan5653 (2016-06-28 18:02:15+00:00): I just went and checked it; confirmed. Sorry about that.
Eraque22 (2016-06-29 08:33:23+00:00): No Problem!  :-)
marczoutendijk (2016-06-28 19:41:28+00:00): Welkom op OSM Harry.
Je hebt op het pand huisnummer 950 toegevoegd, maar ik zie dat huisnummer ook al staan op het kleine gebouw er vlak naast. Waar hoort het huisnummer bij? Grote of kleine gebouw?
Bovendien moet je het het huisnummer niet aan het gebouw vastknopen, maar op een adresnode zetten (zoals gebeurd is bij dat kleine gebouw).
Gegevens over gebouwen en adressen zijn afkomstig van BAG en Kadaster en worden automatisch op de kaart gezet.
Lees hier hoe je OSM het beste kunt gebruiken en hoe je kunt bijdragen aan een betere kaart:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/help
http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewforum.php?id=12
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Welkom_op_OSM
Commodoortje (2016-06-28 22:39:00+00:00): inmiddels revert ingezet
Arma IRM-ED (2020-10-28 11:53:51+00:00): Hi, Super-Map. I modified this road (https://pewu.github.io/osm-history/#/way/427765168) based on Maxar Premium Imagery and many other roads that are also edited in this changeset. Thank you
Talitha IRM-ED (2020-10-28 22:58:45+00:00): Hi, Super-Map. I modified this road (https://pewu.github.io/osm-history/#/way/427764969) based on Maxar Premium Imagery. Thank you
lucadelu (2016-11-30 14:21:48+00:00): Ciao, 
il nome "Negozio cinesi" non è un nome proprio e non va messo nel tag name. Ti prego di modificare tutti gli elementi in cui hai aggiunto il tag name erroneamente
Bilbo26 (2016-11-30 16:44:07+00:00): Ok.Ho messo il nome dei negozi. Spero cosi vada bene.
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user_5359 (2016-06-28 14:01:49+00:00): Welcome to OSM! Welcome to OSM! Note that in OSM description of the objects has the highest priority. Objects that have only the tag area=yes, have little sense. As home page for the question "How do I describe you?" I recommend the page http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/How_to_map_a.
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user_5359 (2016-06-28 14:04:19+00:00): Welcome to OSM (again)!  I didn't see any lane, I see residential buildings there on the aerial images.
user_5359 (2016-06-28 13:59:26+00:00): Welcome to OSM! You add your point near by an existing point with the name "Panda Express" Did you divide the building with these fast food or are you the new tenant?
fdulezi (2016-07-17 13:03:19+00:00): 你确定在这个位置吗？这里应该是白云区政府停车场哦
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Commodoortje (2016-06-28 22:45:00+00:00): Gecontroleerd,  diverse aanpassingen/verbeteringen verricht.
poornibadrinath (2016-07-08 16:36:09+00:00): Hi molgaz,
This changeset has been reverted since you had added `building=house` tags for each and every node of the buildings you added. Not every node requires a tag. Tags should be for a particular entity. A node requires a tag only if it is a point of interest. There is some great documentation here - http://learnosm.org/en/ from where you can learn more about tagging and mapping on OpenStreetMap. 
Best,
Poornima Badrinath
escada (2016-07-16 10:03:43+00:00): This mistake is often caused by accidently selecting the nodes AND the way and then applying the tag. 
When you install the utilsplugin2 for JOSM, you can easily deselect the nodes with shift-U after selecting a number of items with the selection or lasso tools
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marczoutendijk (2016-06-28 09:58:12+00:00): Probably you should add the office tag also, to make clear the nature of "what" is in that building.
See:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:office
saintam1 (2016-06-28 15:45:17+00:00): Hello,

Are you sure there's a bus station here? From the satellite imagery it looks like just a few industrial buildings, at the outskirts of the village.
Supaplex (2016-07-05 17:57:04+00:00): 恭喜您透過 Maps.Me 完成第一次的地圖編輯！ 歡迎加入開放街圖，群眾共同參與，繪製生活週遭大家關心事物的共編地圖。Maps.Me App 採用開放街圖的地理資料，由社群而非商業公司建置的地理資料庫。以下是相關的參考資料，歡迎隨時指教與提問。

編輯須知
台灣的標示依循準則可參考 http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Taiwan
常見的圖徵標示方式可參考 http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Zh-hant:Map_Features

台灣社群網站
台灣社群Facebook社團 https://www.facebook.com/groups/OpenStreetMap.TW/
郵件論壇 https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-tw

Happy Mapping!
chihchun (2016-06-28 13:18:27+00:00): 恭喜您完成第一次的地圖編輯！ 歡迎加入開放街圖，群眾共同參與，繪製生活週遭大家關心事物的共編地圖。

建議修改錯誤圖資時，可以拉正原有錯誤的資料，而非直接刪除重建。以便保有所有修改紀錄。

以下是相關的參考資料，歡迎隨時指教與提問。

編輯須知
台灣的標示依循準則可參考 http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Taiwan
常見的圖徵標示方式可參考 http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Zh-hant:Map_Features

台灣社群網站
台灣社群Facebook社團 https://www.facebook.com/groups/OpenStreetMap.TW/
郵件論壇 https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-tw
Happy Mapping!
highflyer74 (2016-06-29 11:59:53+00:00): Hallo und willkommen bei OSM!

Ich habe gesehen, daß Du Informationen zu OSM hinzugefügt hast, was sehr gut ist.

Leider überschneiden sich hier die landuse=* Flächen... Nennt sich nur der nördliche Teil Jakobswald?

Beim Bearbeiten von Flächen ist es problematisch, daß Flächen von einigen Usern "zusammengeklebt" werden. Insofern muss man da immer ziemlich genau gucken, was eigentlich Sache ist.

Wenn Du Fragen hast, immer her damit!

Viele Grüße,

Oliver
highflyer74 (2016-07-20 07:42:18+00:00): Keine Antwort ist auch eine Antwort. Das Problem der überlappenden Flächen ist mittlerweile durch einen anderen Mapper korrigiert worden. Generell möchte ich darauf hinweisen, daß OSM ein kollaboratives Projekt ist, das ohne Kommunikation nicht funktioniert. Deshalb wird auch erwartet, daß auf Nachrichten bzw. Changeset Kommentare geantwortet wird. Gruss aus HB!
lennyleonard (2016-08-08 11:01:47+00:00): the icons by which some shelters were highlighted have been deleted as a consequence of deleting the tags amenity=shelter
jeka p (2016-09-02 16:30:53+00:00): Привіт!
такі дороги позначаються
highway=service (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dservice).

В цьому випадку, коли дорога веде до певного будинку, тоді:
highway=service 
service=driveway

З повагою,
Жека
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Scout Jens (2024-07-31 16:58:18+00:00): Was bedeutet die Ref bei den Grundstücken? Tut das Not? (wichtig für was?)
highflyer74 (2016-08-30 12:53:36+00:00): Hello!

I noticed you added some shops. Unfortunately you put them directly onto the road. I guess they should be placed into the building where they are actually located. Please do so... Thank you!
Anush_elb (2016-08-30 15:49:24+00:00): Dear highflyer74, thank you for your attention. But there is long shop under road, which calls Tashir Street and there is lots of different pavilions. In addition North avenue is boulevard road, where people just walk. Thank you any way.

https://www.google.am/search?q=tashir+street&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=643&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwia0baqvunOAhVKMJoKHUiqBLUQ_AUIBigB
highflyer74 (2016-08-30 17:46:06+00:00): Thank you for the quick reply!

I don't know if you started underground mapping yet, but if you like, you can check https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:layer and https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:level to avoid confusion on the map. Maybe you can look at some other big cities which have it mapped that way. That also enables 3D maps later on.

Good night!
Anush_elb (2016-08-30 17:50:23+00:00): Thank you for the quick reply too!
No I am not familiar with underground mapping, thank you for links, I will check them.
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Ars-UA (2016-06-28 10:42:41+00:00): Очерёдность дорог в маршруте 136 поправил, а не остановки.
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user_5359 (2016-06-28 13:50:38+00:00): Welcome to OSM! Did you see the building https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/385932059 ? I have merge your information to the building.
Hjart (2016-06-29 06:21:12+00:00): Fee betyder ikke free/gratis
Hjart (2016-06-29 06:23:04+00:00): fee doesn't mean free. What you've done here is change from non-free to free.
FarSide (2016-06-29 09:20:07+00:00): Thanks for this. I did misread fee as free somehow.
turepalsson (2016-10-05 08:28:38+00:00): http://osm.org/way/427785017 ser konstig ut... misstag?
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Piskvor (2016-07-08 12:05:41+00:00): Please do not create duplicate points of interest: both the bus station and hotel already exist on the map. Merged in http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/40566735
user_5359 (2016-06-28 13:41:14+00:00): Welcome to OSM! I have realized, that all Bethany location add her location to OSM! Please communicate that the correct key for "Business email" is only "email" and we have not key for business classification ("Keywords"). You can use the key description, but you have only 255 characters.
Thank you.
If you need help: You are welcome.
PT-53 (2016-06-28 13:20:05+00:00): Wegen eines einzelnen Hauses einen Place-Node zu setzen halte ich für "unnötig".
Kennst Du das genau Zentrum des Köhlberg ?
PT-53
malenki (2016-06-28 13:56:14+00:00): place=isolated_dwelling steht für Wohnplätze, mit 1-2 Haushalten: 
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/DE:Tag:place%3Disolated_dwelling

Deine zweite Frage verstehe ich nicht.
PT-53 (2016-06-28 14:29:53+00:00): Der Köhlberg besteht mit Sicherheit nicht nur aus dem einen, von Dir eingezeichneten Grundstück.
malenki (2016-06-28 15:04:30+00:00): Ich habe auch nicht natural=peak als Berg eingetragen (was btw auch ein Node wäre), sondern einen Wohnplatz.
Derick Rethans (2016-06-28 14:36:24+00:00): You've added a bunch of duplicated items, without notes or names; just the types. Were you trying to make a map for just yourself? If that's the case, you should try out http://umap.openstreetmap.frg/en/

Every upload you make on the website, is for everybody to see.
SomeoneElse (2016-07-07 11:01:56+00:00): Hello and welcome to OpenStreetMap!
You've added "酒吧" ("bar") to the end of the name of the Brass Monkey in Northbridge, Perth.  There's no need to do this, as the Brass Monkey doesn't have that as part of the name, and is already labelled in OpenStreetMap as a "pub".
Please also don't add "dry cleaning shops" where there are wineries.  If the feature that you want to add isn't on MAPS.ME's menus then you can add a note to OSM - perhaps use http://onosm.org/ ?
By the way, as well as the bars on Northbridge I'd also suggest that you try those on Murray Street.  The Belgian Beer Cafe has a huge variety (but is quite expensive).
Best Regards,
Andy
Basstoelpel (2017-02-24 19:23:00+00:00): Hi drafter62,

Du solltest vielleicht auf einen aktuelleren editor wechseln, der das aktuelle tagging für Windräder beherrscht. Das power_source=wind, das Potlatch verwendet, ist seit über einem halben Jahrzehnt veraltet.

Gruß,

Baßtölpel
kuhni74 (2026-04-21 07:41:36+00:00): Ist "Plaža Beach" wirklich ein "name" (Eigenname) oder eine Beschreibung?
ReinerMeyer (2026-04-21 08:47:52+00:00): Hallo Kuni, habe in meinen Unterlagen geschaut und ein Foto mit einer Hinweistafel gefunden auf der explizit dieser Name steht.
kuhni74 (2026-04-21 08:52:36+00:00): naja, das ist wohl nur ein Hinweis, dass es da zum Strand geht. Plaža = frz. plage = Strand.
ReinerMeyer (2026-04-22 06:48:28+00:00): Danke für den Hinweis. Als ich das Schild fotografierte, hatte ich mir keine weiteren Gedanken darüber gemacht, zumal ich kein kroatisch kann. Jetzt im Nachhinein deute ich das auch als Hinweis in 2 Sprachen, einmal auf kroatisch (für die Einheimischen) und einmal auf englisch (für die Touristen). und nicht als Eigenname.
kuhni74 (2026-04-22 11:25:18+00:00): Okay, danke, dann lösch ich den Namen raus, ja?
ReinerMeyer (2026-04-23 09:27:20+00:00): Ja, das passt.
sorcrosc (2016-06-28 19:42:28+00:00): You already mapped this hotel twenty days ago. I removed it now. Thank you anyway
dieterdreist (2016-07-05 13:56:12+00:00): Hi, you have added the hotel in the middle of the street, please add stuff at their actual location, thank you.
Nakaner (2016-06-28 13:26:56+00:00): TL;DR zurückgesetzt durch https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/40343731

Hallo Mentz_TU,

es gibt keinen Grund, die Bahnsteigkanten, die bislang als railway=platform_edge + ref=1 (+ height=*) gemappt waren und Mitglied von Bahnsteig-Multipolygonen (railway=platform + public_transport=platform + ref=1;2 + …) waren, zu löschen.

Bitte setze nicht einfach wie eine Maschine die Anweisungen deines Chefs um, sondern denke selber. Wenn etwas abweichend von der Mentz-Norm 0815 getaggt ist, dann wird das nicht einfach umgetaggt! Dann schaut man in der History der Objekte nach. Entweder kommt man sofort darauf, warum das so ist, oder man fragt nach, wenn man nicht selbst eine Entscheidung fällen und diese tragen will.

Von einem bezahlten Mappern wie euch erwarte ich eine höhere Qualität als Version 2 bzw. 3 von https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/266296080/history. JOSM hat dich bestimmt extra darauf hingewiesen, dass Werte vereinigt werden und es dabei zu einem Konflikt zwischen height=0.55 und height=0.76 kommt.

Ich bitte dich, dass du diese Nachricht an deine Kollegen und Vorgesetzten weitergibst. Ich habe keine Lust, das jedem Mentzler extra zu sagen.

Viele Grüße

Michael
chihchun (2016-06-28 13:19:32+00:00): 恭喜您完成第一次的地圖編輯！ 歡迎加入開放街圖，群眾共同參與，繪製生活週遭大家關心事物的共編地圖。以下是相關的參考資料，歡迎隨時指教與提問。

編輯須知
台灣的標示依循準則可參考 http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Taiwan
常見的圖徵標示方式可參考 http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Zh-hant:Map_Features

台灣社群網站
台灣社群Facebook社團 https://www.facebook.com/groups/OpenStreetMap.TW/
郵件論壇 https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-tw
Happy Mapping!
mavl (2019-01-05 16:28:20+00:00): This changeset was redacted.
PT-53 (2019-07-11 05:06:59+00:00): Hallo Bottaro,
an diesem Weg https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/386666666/history dürfte das construction=residential wohl zwischenzeitlich falsch / unnötig sein.
Schaust Du Dir das nochmal an?
Fragende Grüße
PT-53 (2019-07-12 05:58:47+00:00): Erledigt
PT-53 (2019-07-15 09:36:10+00:00): Hallo Bottaro,
hier gibt es noch eine Straße mit construction:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/392049980
Grüße
Bottaro (2019-07-16 09:21:33+00:00): Danke für den Hinweis --> erledigt
Viele Grüße
ramyaragupathy (2016-07-04 06:39:03+00:00): Hi @Toyota Nexus7, great to see you contributing to OpenStreetMap! It'd be awesome if you add tamil names as a separate tag name:ta instead of appending it to English names. For now I have removed bilingual values of city names that you have been editing. Going ahead please stick to adding tamil name as a separate tag. Thanks!
ramyaragupathy (2016-07-04 06:42:16+00:00): Here is more information on OpenStreetMap naming practices http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Names
Firefishy (2016-07-10 22:19:53+00:00): Awesome additions to the map. Happy mapping.
Constable (2016-06-28 16:43:45+00:00): Did road "Calle Boldù", in Venezia chang name to "Calle de le vele?"
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R0bst3r (2016-06-28 13:43:10+00:00): Hi helicoysfh,
your import uses the key "souece", I think "source" was intended? Can you adapt it?
Cheers, R0bst3r
helicoysfh (2016-06-29 00:34:05+00:00): Hello R0bst3r.

It is "source" intended to, not a "souece".

I made a mistake. Thank you for pointing out.

 (Because English is not good I had to help the google translation)
richlv (2016-07-30 23:45:19+00:00): a highly unlikely rest area. will remove.
Cascafico (2016-06-29 08:43:15+00:00): Hi! and welcome in OSM!
I added the tag necessary place=location
Urška (2016-06-29 11:46:45+00:00): Ok, tnx. I didn't know i have to add it.
edvac (2017-03-27 18:50:41+00:00): Hi:

This looks an undiscussed/undocumented import. Could you explain?
mavl (2016-06-28 17:10:06+00:00): Здравствуйте. Я вам уже писал по поводу неправильного обозначения музыкальной школы. В прошлый раз вы обозначили её как общеобразовательную школу, а в этот раз как госучреждение. Если вы считаете музыкальную школу госучреждением, то тогда госучреждениями нужно считать и обычные школы, и больницы, и детские сады. Надеюсь, вы понимаете, что это тупиковый путь. Поймите, пожалуйста, простую вещь: с помощью Maps.me нельзя добавить музыкальную школу, потому что в нём нет категории «Музыкальная школа». Используйте для этого другой редактор для данных OpenStreetMap [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/RU:Comparison_of_editors].
mavl (2016-06-28 17:16:03+00:00): Кстати, вы добавили дубликат этой музыкальной школы. Эту школу вы уже добавили и она существует в OpenStreetMap [http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4129474391]. Если вы не видете её на своей карте, то обновите, пожалуйста, вашу карту. Эта школа видна как объект «amenity» с названием «Музыкальная школа».
mavl (2016-06-28 17:18:45+00:00): Дубликат музыкальной школы удалён из OpenStreetMap.
erickdeoliveiraleal (2016-06-28 22:33:07+00:00): Deletado, este ponto já existe aqui: http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/142980826
maraf24 (2016-06-28 16:12:36+00:00): Cześć:)
To zadaszony parking?
dieterdreist (2016-07-05 14:07:21+00:00): this changeset adds a way which overlaps other ways and had no tags: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/427814016
I have deleted it. Please do not upload stuff that doesn't make sense.
lakedistrict (2016-07-03 19:49:28+00:00): Is the whole road really a bridge or just the bit over the motorway? http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/23238197
Mateusz Konieczny (2023-10-16 13:46:08+00:00): Can you take a look at https://www.openstreetmap.org/note/3943381 ?
Владимир К (2016-06-30 10:05:15+00:00): это не названия, а описание. исправляю
5m4u9 (2016-06-28 18:56:11+00:00): Gracias por editar el mapa y mejorar colcapirhua. hace mucha falta!

Estoy mejorando el lugar y reclasificando para que sea visible e identificable. Esta info que añadiste ya será visible en las apps de celular/tableta OSMAnd/MapsME gratuitas...

Sería bueno añadir los nombres de las calles/avenidas/pasajes y su dirección y si tiene o no pavimento... etc.

Si gustas podemos hacer una reunión para ver de aprender a como añadir muchas cosas aparte de calles...
kwametedros (2018-05-24 22:07:30+00:00): Hello, I noticed that the highway tag got removed, it was initially proposed, there is no imagery to reference the status of this highway?  I think the tag should be upgraded as opposed to being removed? What do you think?
kwametedros (2018-05-24 22:08:27+00:00): Comment was in regards to this location.-28.8198563, 153.4091104
Warin61 (2019-04-15 23:54:17+00:00): Deleted way 319225015. no tags. And others with no tags. If it has no tags then there is no information on what it is .. clutter.
woodpeck (2016-07-03 22:26:30+00:00): Please explain why you have made this revert. Also, what does source=survey mean in this context?
SomeoneElse (2016-08-03 22:15:52+00:00): Hello,
I'm writing to you on behalf of OSM's Data Working Group.  Questions have been raised about the accuracy of the boundaries of Morocco, and I'm sending this message to many of the mappers who have edited in the area or expressed an interest, including you.

We're aware that there is disputed territory in the region.  Most notably the area covered by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Sahara , and also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceuta and other areas to the north.

First, it's worth mentioning https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/images/d/d8/DisputedTerritoriesInformation.pdf .  That explains that what matters most to OSM in terms of names, borders and boundaries is the "on the ground" rule.  For example, if a majority of the population of an area speaks language "a" then it makes sense for OSM's "name" tag to be in language "a" (though of course other name tags such as name:b, name:c etc. can also be used to make maps in other languages).  Similarly, if the people of an area consider themselves to be part of country "a" and country "a" does indeed have control over the area, it makes sense for the area to be part of country "a" (and only country "a") in OSM.

Potential problems in the area covered by the Morocco admin_level 2 relation http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3630439 include:

1) That relation includes not only the part of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Sahara currently administered by Morocco (the part west of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Wall_%28Western_Sahara%29 ), it also includes the part of that territory east of it too.  Is this correct?  It seems at odds with OSM's "on the ground" rule, and with the UN peacekeepers' position described at http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/missions/minurso/background.shtml .

2) That relation also includes territories administered by Spain such as Ceuta and Melilla.  What evidence is there that Morocco controls these territories and that Spain does not?

Another major question, (largely dependant on the answer to (1) above) is:

3) If the area east of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Wall_%28Western_Sahara%29 isn't part of Morocco, what status should it have?  http://osm.mapki.com/history/relation.php?id=195838 did represent this territory and had several different admin levels before it was deleted.

The DWG would be grateful for your opinions on these matters.  You can either reply here or, if you prefer you can email data@osmfoundation.org directly and we'll read through all the replies.

Best Regards,

Andy Townsend (SomeoneElse) on behalf of OSM's Data Working Group.