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156210575 over 1 year ago

Thank you so much! keep up the great work!

155995102 over 1 year ago

Nice, now if you want, you can add both relations, Mashriq and Maghrib inside a new region relation called Arab World, more info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_world

155995102 over 1 year ago

The term "الوطن العربي" (al-Watan al-Arabi) translates to "The Arab Nation" in English. This term refers to the countries where Arabic is the primary language. The Arab Nation is generally divided into two regions: Mashriq al-Arabi and Maghrib al-Arabi.

Mashriq al-Arabi (Eastern Arabia): This region includes Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Yemen, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and Sudan. Israel and South Sudan are not considered part of this region because they are not Arab states or members of the Arab League.

Maghrib al-Arabi (Western Arabia): This region consists of Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, and Mauritania.

156023411 over 1 year ago

Hello friend, Thank you for your attention! I copied those and put them aside while mapping the grass landuse and forgot to delete them before the upload! thank you so much for notifying me! I will Just deleted them now.
Thank you again and best regards.

155995102 over 1 year ago

Hello ChrissW-R1, Thank you for your edit, but I have a mention few errors here.
1- You added Israel to be part of the al-Mashriq al-Arabi, but Israel is not part of it as it's not an Arab state.
2-You missed the Gulf countries and Sudan, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashriq#/media/File:Map_of_the_Mashriq.png
So Israel shall be removed from the relation and the other Arab countries I mention shall be added.
Regards.
Regards.

155719703 over 1 year ago

Dear mapper, please don't be stubborn, and if it's not the right time for you to discuss, no problem, you can respond later, but when I ask you a question like are you a local mapper? or have you discussed this with the local community first? the least you can do is answer these simple questions. Responding in this way is unprofessional, not cooperative, and not a way to communicate with other mappers.
I will be waiting for you to answer those simple questions.
Regards.

155719703 over 1 year ago

*likely* is not a good reason. You think it *might* change, others think it would not.
We don’t delete objects based on assumptions, if the stocks of a business is crashing, we shall not delete the business from OSM because it might be out of business and closed.
Since those features are not temporary and to stay (based on the statement of the Israeli government who administered the area) and also those features had been for almost a year on the ground.

Any other reasons or arguments?

And are you local? If not, did you contact the local communities first before the deletion?

Regards.

155719703 over 1 year ago

You are the one who deleted it, please provide a reason for the deletion.
Regards.

155719703 over 1 year ago

So why deleting features that’s on the ground?
I mean I’m ok with deleting temporary objects, but those features gonna be like a 1 year old features on the ground, and those lines has history behind it for tens of years. And the Israeli government stated that those military areas will be buffer zones to stay, so it’s definitely not a temporary objects.
Also, the IDF stated days ago that the military campaign has ended, so it’s not an active campaign area anymore.
Any other reason for the deletion?

155719703 over 1 year ago

Can you explain what this changeset is?
What did you delete? What did you revert and why?
Regards.

155803351 over 1 year ago

iran map 28,
What did you edit here? and why?
What is the imagery you used? is it compatible with OSM license?
Many other mappers has commented on your changesets but you ignored them, please answer them.
I also asked you many times to please use good changeset comment but yet you refuse to do so, this is unprofessional and disrespectful to other mappers.

155632601 over 1 year ago

+ here is a sat image that was posted 20 hours ago if you want to validate.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/ieR742QaHP4ZVF8G/?mibextid=
The project will be ended in less than a month and all roads will be open.

155632601 over 1 year ago

Source is mentioned in the changeset.
Regards.

155708956 over 1 year ago

Please do not add temporarily objects to the map that open for 1, 2 or even 3 weeks, that considered temporarily since it's not open outside that window frame.
See: osm.wiki/Good_practice#Don't_map_temporary_events_and_temporary_features

155702256 over 1 year ago

Hello ASMapper, Thank you for editing OSM, but please can you explain in the future edits what did you add/changed/removed in the changeset comment so other mappers understand what your edit is without wasting time? as "Syria villages" do not explain what did you do.
osm.wiki/Good_changeset_comments
Thank you.

155702976 over 1 year ago

Please use good changeset comment. (no comment) do not explain what did you edit or why, thus you will waste other mappers time just to try and understand your edits. Please add good changeset comments to your future edits.

155689987 over 1 year ago

I just suggest that we just leave changing languages on 'name' tags here in this town to the local mappers. If they want to change the languages, they change the languages themselves. Thank you for your understanding my friend.

155689987 over 1 year ago

Also, in this changeset I see you changed the name "library" from Arabic to Kurdish too in node/4485653493.
You should've deleted the Arabic name instead of translating it to Kurdish, as it's a descriptive name, not an actual name of the library. The library node is already tagged as amenity=library and there is no need to have name=library too.
node/4485653493/history

155689987 over 1 year ago

Dear friend, First of all, we are talking about the street names, which shall be sourced from the street signs, or by asking the locals and use it in the local spoken language. Here you just translated the names from Arabic to Kurdish, without surveying, which is wrong in my opinion and that is why I'm here commenting.
The last time there were street signs here it was purely Arabic and English, and unfortunately those signs were long gone after the war, mostly stolen by the scrap metal theft when it was a chaos.
About the signs that is on some of the building that you sent you are doing is called cherry picking. you are picking what you like, and knowingly ignoring the ones you don't like. And also you know these signs were hanged by a Kurdish political party, the PUK. So please, just don't do any of that as it look way too political and such things shall not be conflicted here.
Regards.

155689987 over 1 year ago

Since there is no signs, we shall add the names how the local people say it in the spoken language. The people of the Town speaks mainly Arabic. And the 'name' tags inside this town shall be according to that, Which follows the on-ground rule. If there is a shop for example that has the banner in Kurdish only, or mainly, it shall be put in 'name' no problem, but if there were no signs, we use the local spoken language.

The town of Kifri is mixed between Arabic, Turkemen and Kurds, previously Jewish too, that doesn't mean that each ethnic group in this town speak it's own language, as you know many parts of Iraq the Kurds speak only Arabic, but here in Kifri, it's mainly or mostly Arabic.

The town is part of Diyala Governorate by law, it is not part of the Kurdish region, therefore it shall be mapped according to the legislation of administration of Diyala Governorate.
The Mayor of the town is Sahir Ali Jasim, which he is an Arab, and appointed by Diyala governor.

If you are a Kurd and you go to the town of Kifri, they will speak with you in Kurdish, if you were Arab, They will speak with you in Arabic. It is that simple.

About the links you sent, I shall inform you dear that Facebook, YouTube and Google Maps shall never be used as a source for mapping in OSM, it can be used in a comment to validate a point in discussion I guess yes, but never in mapping or tracing etc..
Google Maps, shows you the names of object in your language, the one you are using in your device thus it will show you in Kurdish.
Since you mentioned Google Maps, I will give you examples from it. The main name of the Town in Google maps in Arabic, you can use VPN and change to any foreign language and you will see that Google say the Arabic name under it, which indicate the local language. See: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ajSA82kGWpx46Jhj8
See this screenshot https://i.ibb.co/mCfPYtH/image.png , if you selected any language, it will say the name of the town in that language and under that it will show the local name in Arabic. But if you have the language in Arabic, it will not show you any other languages.

Another thing worth mentioning, the people of this town chant in Arabic with Arabic signs when they protest, see: https://youtu.be/cxZXxo3Ddd8

I suggest not changing the value of 'name' tag from languages to another in Areas you are not part of, and maybe stick to your town in Kalar, Kalar speak mostly Kurdish and there is no problem to use that in your town, but do not force it in Other towns my friend.

Regards.