Dear MariusEbe,

there are issues with your contributions to OpenStreetMap, and many mappers have tried to reach out to you about these problems; these comments have, however, fallen on deaf ears. Perhaps the email address that you have configured with OSM doesn’t work and hence these messages don’t reach you? You can review them at https://resultmaps.neis-one.org/osm-discussion-comments?uid=10558809

The most glaring issue with your contributions is a lack of source and changeset comment. You consistently put “.” in the changeset comment field instead of honouring osm.wiki/Good_changeset_comments - please stop doing that, and put a small and useful comment in the changeset comment field. You did it a couple of times - eg osm.org/changeset/149401128 - but then went back to “.”.

A source is of course not required if you simply trace stuff from imagery, but e.g. in osm.org/changeset/147568854 you added a German name to a prison; since we never simply translate names, such a name needs a source - you need to explain why you believe that this name is actually used by speakers of German in a nominative, and not just descriptive, way. In osm.org/changeset/145735878 you added some businesses in Berlin and if you observed these yourself you should have put “survey” in the “source” field to make that clear.

There’s also the issue with non-square buildings; others have asked you a couple of times if you could maybe simply make it a habit to square them using the “Q” key in ID. This request does not seem to have got through either…

This message blocks your account until you have read it, to avoid it being ignored like so many others in the past. You will be able to continue mapping immediately after reading it. However, please invest a little more work in properly documenting your contributions.

Best regards
Frederik Ramm
OSMF Data Working Group
Ticket#2024030910000174