Hello Essex_Boy, and thanks for all your contributions over the years to OSM.

Just a quick message - I notice that all of your recent changesets don’t have any changeset comments:

osm.org/user/Essex_Boy/history

Please do use meaningful changeset comments, as they help other mappers to understand what it is you’re trying to do and what the source was. There’s more information about this at osm.wiki/Good_changeset_comments . This would help to avoid misunderstandings such as at osm.org/changeset/83857365 where it really wasn’t obvious what you were changing and why, and therefore no-one could judge whether what was there afterwards was a better match for what’s on the ground than what was there before, irrespective of any broken polygons.

Also, I notice that you haven’t answered any questions at http://resultmaps.neis-one.org/osm-discussion-comments?uid=1247041 for a couple of years - maybe the mail link to your OSM account has stopped working? If so, please do fix it - it’ll let you know when people are asking questions about your changes (many of which seem to be “why are you not using changeset comments!”). Please do answer any questions that are asked this way.

I’ve sent this as a message that you have to read before continuing to edit, just in case that other mechanisms (like email) don’t work. You’ll be able to continue as soon as you have read it. Any other questions please don’t hesitate to ask.

Best Regards,

Andy Townsend, on behalf of OSM’s Data Working Group.