Hi bmtennant,

Several users (including you) are now working in a restricted area to continuously remove trails and related items added by others.
OSM considers such deletions without any discussion with others, a form of vandalism.
The failure to respond to the changeset comments is also indecent. Those comments are here:
osm.org/changeset/118968582
osm.org/changeset/118919846
osm.org/changeset/119721614

and specifically addressed to you:
osm.org/changeset/120006279

OSM uses the principle of “on the groud rule”, if a trail (or something else) is present, and visible and verifiable by others, then it gets on the map. That does not mean that everyone has access to these trails, OSM uses the so-called accessrules for that.

osm.wiki/Ground_truth
osm.wiki/Key:access#List_of_possible_values

I have blocked your account and expect a response to the changeset mentioned above. This block will be lifted as soon as you have read this message and you will have access to all OSM resources again.
If you don’t respond I shall undo all your edits and block your account again.

Best regards,
Marc Zoutendijk
OpenStreetMap Foundation
Data Working Group