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Update GUIDELINES.md: Improve headline structure; small changes
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tordans authored Oct 10, 2024
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-**Suggested Additions**: Presets can suggest additional tags. These suggestions must be clearly supported by the wiki and community consensus.
- 🔄 **Updates**: Deprecation rules can suggest updating tags. Good documentation and consensus are needed for these deprecations.

In both cases, _indicators for consensus_ are:
**In both cases, _indicators for consensus_ are:**

- The deprecation is documented in the wiki and is either official (resulting from a proposal process) or long-standing (about a year).
- There is a significant drop in usage compared to previous numbers, with a negative trend ([visible in the graph](https://taghistory.raifer.tech/)).
- Usage of the deprecated tag remains stagnant for a longer period (about a year).

**Note: Deprecations are not for cleanup** — Deprecation rules work such that the user sees the message and can act only when editing the given element. This makes them well-suited for gradual, human-reviewed updates of taggings like crossings. However, they are not suitable for cleaning up incorrect tagging from the database, especially for low-volume changes.
**Deprecations are not for cleanup:**

Deprecation rules work such that the user sees a message with suggestions and can act only when editing the given element. This makes them well-suited for gradual, human-reviewed updates of taggings like crossings. However, they are not suitable for cleaning up incorrect tagging from the database, especially for low-volume changes.

There are, however, alternatives to consider:
- Your cleanup task might be eligible for an automated (bot) edit. [Please learn more on the wiki…](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Automated_Edits_code_of_conduct)
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