(some people get confused by the fact that when you re-click the tag name of an already-tagged object it untags it [so you can select a new tag], which is a bit of a user interface... oddity in my opinion)

Great stuff. Cut-throughs are incredibly useful things to add to OSM. Keep up the good work.

Hmm. You've managed to turn Sole Farm Avenue into a footpath here and the line you've created between it and Childs Hall Road hasn't been tagged as anything, so OSM doesn't know what it is - it could be a fence, a river, anything. To assign tags to objects you select them and then use the menu on the left hand side to choose what "type" of object it is. You can then add further properties to the object from there.

Good stuff. I just made a small fix - we tend to put most of a feature's tags on the enclosing area, rather than the building.

My edit: osm.org/changeset/28917306

Keep it up.

Good start - keep it up. All v. useful additions.

May I suggest the historic=castle tag for this?
osm.wiki/Tag:historic%3Dcastle

You haven't tagged these (presumably) buildings, so OSM doesn't really know what they are. As far as OSM's concerned they're just generic areas.
You need to select the areas and then choose a tag from the menu on the left hand side of the screen.

Here's a neat trick: when you've got an area selected, hit "s" and it will perfectly square-up the edges for you.

What route is this? Is it an official designated route? There are ways of adding these but they may require a more powerful editor.
If it's a personal cycle route, OSM isn't really meant for this sort of thing (any more than Wikipedia isn't meant for personal essays).

You haven't added any tags to these lines, so OSM doesn't "know" what they are. They could be fences, rivers, train lines, anything. They also go over existing roads, so I'm not sure what you're trying to add here.

Hi, I've made a small fix to this edit by connecting the ends of the steps you created to the roads they appear to run on to. It's important to actually *connect* these ways in places where they are traversable across, otherwise tools that use OSM data don't know they are connected and can't e.g. route across them. In the web editor (iD), nodes should feel like they magnetically "snap" together when they're connected.
Keep it up - cut-throughs like this are extremely useful features to add.

Nice addition - I removed the superfluous "point" Whiteheath Junior School because we have a general guideline we call "One feature, one OSM element". Read more here: osm.wiki/One_feature,_one_OSM_element
Happy mapping.

Oops looks like a bit of your way combining (?) might have given roads around here an ugly (semicolon separated) name and some ugly attributes breaking some OS Locator matches e.g. http://ris.dev.openstreetmap.org/oslmusicalchairs/map?osl_id=559309

Don't be discouraged - everyone makes mistakes on their first edits.

Please don't give things "descriptive" "name"s. The "name" tag is intended for specific names of objects.
osm.wiki/Key:name
There are special tags to denote things as e.g. allotments. Even "surface" tags that you can use to notate the surface of a pitch
osm.wiki/Key:surface
I've fixed a bunch of things here for you now.

Tip: if you use a non-Internet Explorer browser, you can use the slightly easier editor iD.

Here, you could have removed the "indian restaurant" tagging without removing the entire node (that contains really useful address (housenumber) data - presumably the address is still there it hasn't got up and walked away).
I've restored this now for you (without the restaurant).

I've reverted this.

This isn't really the intention of OpenStreetMap. OSM is a shared, globally edited map. It's a bit like wikipedia for maps. Editing the map edits it for everyone - it's not really intended for personal notes.

What *would* be useful however would be to add some of the house numbers and addresses in this area :D

Oh and there's also a specific "retail building" tag. I've switched the commercial building to that too.

Try not to use general descriptions for "name"s. The "name" tag is meant more for specific names of objects. I've removed some of these and added a specific parking tag to your parking area.

Ok, I've pulled the border of the school back from the path then so it's clear.
Keep up the good work - footway/cut-thoughs are extremely useful things to add.