@thiskal, who is your comment directed at?

thanks for the discussion, the way this has gone is

1. either you are correct and all the nodes in Australia should be removed

or 2, you have made a honest error again and the nodes are with-in OSM policy and can be reverted

or 3, South Australia has a unique rule about junction nodes

the community needs to make a choice here

as you can see from the other Junction nodes in Australia they have been placed consistently in the same way the other nodes have been placed. Nobody has ever had issues with how they are used in Australia except once again you are saying that South Australia has a unique rule from the rest of the project.

You also have made many edits in the past which have been reverted because of a misunderstanding and also just happen to be my own edits, such as removing manoeuvre relations and deeming a turn illegal

https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/regarding-removeal-of-manoeuvre-relation/111947

https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/perfectly-fine-and-legal-turn-now-deemed-illegal/110311

These might just be a simple “human error” and thats ok it happens, at the very least if the DWG supports the removal in South Australia the wiki should be updated to reflect the unique policy for our state

there are many many uses of these nodes in Oceania https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1NLd except south australia doesnt have any, the only nodes that were removed just happened to be place by me as well. Not sure how to understand this correctly.

“A Y intersection is still a common intersection too, there’s nothing special about it.”

the intersections they were placed at were major intersections to make it easier to read the flow of traffic and exit roads along express highways. There is a good use for these nodes and I dont feel they were just placed randomly as they served a function. In your opinion when is it suitable to use these nodes?