@Friendly_Ghost - can you explain why? Because fixme tags are hidden away - you need to query for them, use a tool like Keepright, or notice them when editing - whereas notes can be viewed on osm.org and in apps like StreetComplete, meaning more people are likely to see a note asking for local knowledge than a fixme.

These notes that require local knowledge may remain stale for a long period of time.

While an improved note system would be good, I don’t think that old notes are really such a big problem? I mean notes don’t affect the map data and so long as they are still open for a good reason then there’s no urgency to close them due to how old they are.

Some require new aerial imagery, others need a bit more info or even a visit which if they are closed no one would know about. I went on a long bike ride this summer and managed to resolve a few notes that needed a survey because I checked osm.org and noticed them.

Notes are also better than fixme tags which are not visible on the OSM website and they are highlighted in the likes of StreetComplete for example to people who are out and about.

Your link doesn’t work either - should’ve checked dev tools first, the console gives a cert error for those tiles, e.g. https://tile.osmz.ru/old/11/572/746.png

@Zverik - the 2008 map doesn’t load in that 4 map page for me?