Minh Nguyen: I'm against redundant or otherwise trivial information, that does nothing but waste resources, time and efficiency.

chillly: absolutely, and that's why it's a great project. I just don't believe that one should put information in there only to be used at a later date. It's not a repository; it's advanced cartography.

Richard: I'm referring to the kinds of information that no map using the data currently parses.

@SK53 and @RichardB: the only people of which the tracks=* information is useful to is people like Network Rail or the TOCs; personally, I don't think they'll be using OSM any time soon.

@davespod: not meaning to be a pessimist about the whole map, but do you really think someone's going to want to find not only a sports centre that they've never been to (e.g. searching for it directly, which will never be implemented) but a specific sport taking place at that amenity. Hey; I'm in the mood for some tennis in this alien city. Let's search the map to find something near me. I'm just in a real mood to play tennis.

And what I mean by searching directly is that I can go, for instance, to the search box and find something scarily specific. I always wanted to have something like coffee=*, where * is replaced by the cost of a standard takeaway mug of filter coffee or something. One could then write an iPhone app that finds your location, queries the database and finds you the cheapest coffee nearabouts. Obviously, this would be unfeasible to implement: the fluctuating price of coffee is but one factor.

Alright; put your Shift key away. As a perfectionist, faults like the ones you've all described are something I have a severe problem with and I will try and control my eradication habits. As for references, all my edits can and have been proved from reliable sources: whether
that be from some vent of open data or local knowledge that is rather large to fit in that
little box. If you all want to continue to row over who's done what and this and that, that's fine but I'm just here to deploy my knowledge and help out with creating an open map that'll still be relevant in decades to come--and I do hope it is still there. Rights of way don't just disappear, unless the County close them that is

Bene re: @SK53: I wasn't describing it as abandoned; osm.wiki/Proposed_features/tracks was.

To be honest, should have checked Tagwatch beforehand. Someone rewrite the code for the lint engine, please. (I've had enough lint for today)