Thanks! I'm guessing the "construction" tags could also be removed at this point?

Does the pipeline (way/493374720) really double back on itself like that? I split it into two so that it wouldn't be invalid (ways can't cross over themselves without a junction).

Hi @Bkissin. I fixed up your wooded area around the Shallow Pond in changeset/64884669

It was generating errors because of the segments that went in to surround the lake and then came back out over the same segment. You don't have to draw around the pond a second time, you just mark it as an "inner" polygon. I'm not sure how easy this is to do in iD. It's pretty simple in JOSM if you ever decide to switch.

Wrong changeset comment. Should be "Fixing up ways that intersect with themselves/others"

Removed in changeset/64872509

Hi John-Michael. Welcome to OpenStreetMap. Are you really a brand new user, or is this just a brand new account?
The changes you made are quite drastic, especially for someone new to OSM. A lot of people see that streets aren't aligned to imagery so they move things to match the imagery. The only problem is that other imagery might not agree with where you moved things and someone else might move them back. How did you verify that your alignment is actually correct?
Thanks.

Hi @neil561. I'm trying to understand why the building with the way/251903141 was converted into a multipolygon. Is there some reason for it, or is it just a mistake made while editing?

OK. I thought that might be the case. I was confused when I saw it, but figured that had to be a good reason.

I wonder why way/540952850 isn't part of the larger, neighboring park. Seems kind of odd to have that one split off.

Did you come home from Black Friday sales looking for some OSM task to use your new laptop for??

Yeah, I'd love it if you could replace the original building outline. Thanks for the assist!

Nope. We're all good. I've been doing this for a year now and I probably learn something new every day. Just keep on mapping and don't worry about breaking anything. We can always fix up innocent mistakes later.

Well, I tried to restore it along with history, but my editor and restoration tool has a bug so I couldn't do it the easy way. I've gone ahead and drawn it out by hand instead.

Yes. I'll make sure of it. (I'm surprised to hear about Shiva being gone. I used to eat there when I lived in MV.)

No worries. Glad to have more people improving the data. Adding the building back is better because it will save the history of the element. But it is a little tricky. I'll go ahead and restore it for you.
If you ever have any questions, feel free to reach out.

Thanks for the contributions @tricalnikhil. Did the building get torn down, or just the business closed up shop? If the building is still there, the outline should remain and just the tagging should be changed.

Hi Mikala, there is a great feature in iD that will help you "square" the corners of buildings that you are drawing. Just right click on the line after you have finished it and select "Square". It looks like you are mostly drawing houses. You can tag each house as `building=house` to make them more than just a generic rectangle.

amenity=cafe should be used on businesses that are publicly accessible. we don't want to be sending someone down a residential road looking for a sandwich where none are to be had.

Something very strange happened to the shape of the "guest house". I tried to fix it up. Please check and see if correct now. (Also, it shouldn't be named "Guest House". Descriptions of things shouldn't be used as their name. There is a description tag that would be more appropriate.)

I read up on riverbanks on the wiki (waterway=riverbank) and think I have this correct now. Would you agree, @bp0410?

Oops. Did it again. Too quick on taking the default comments for the changeset. They really should say something about cleaning up self-intersecting ways, not about the river changes from my previous work.