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June 25

Contact Wikimedia Maps re typo

There's a typo on Wikimedia Maps. How do I contact them to correct it? (Specifically, it's here - zoom in on the Coventry Cross Estate, and you'll see it's shown as "Covenrry Cross Estate".) --A bit iffy (talk) 11:11, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

The mapping data comes from OpenStreetMap. I checked its live site, and the spelling is correct there. I assume that someone has fixed it there (I'm struggling to find a useful way to browse OSM change history). The m:Wikimedia Maps data you see on Wikipedia is generated from a local replica of OSM's database (because it wouldn't be fair for us to point our massive userload at their servers). If I'm reading the charts here correctly, the main maps server in Texas (Codfw cluster) is a few days behind OSM's live server (don't worry about the equiad one, I think it's not used, and it's doing negligible IO). So when it catches up with that fix, in a day or two maybe, the change should be manifest (at least in uncached maps) in Wikimedia Maps. -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 12:35, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks. --A bit iffy (talk) 22:15, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

If you find another such issue, and it isn't fixed on the live OSM site, you can sign up there and fix it - see their Beginners' guide. -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 12:38, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks. --A bit iffy (talk) 22:15, 25 June 2020 (UTC)