Reporter: ajank
[Submitted to the original trac issue database at 9.52am, Monday, 25th June 2012]

With the current Potlatch2 version, a novice user may easily consider a "not recognised" node as junk and delete it. Such "not recognised" nodes will always be present, since it is not possible for Potlatch to capture every tag used. However, these nodes should be clearly distinguishable as informative by novice users. I suggest Potlatch ask for confirmation before deleting a node that has has any tags.

The question could read: "This node is not recognised by Potlatch, but it holds some information, which could be displayed under the advanced properties. Are you sure you want to delete it?".

The same applies to deleting any objects that are members of a relation. A novice user may be completely unaware of the existence of relations. He/she may find it easier to draw a new way/node and delete the old one, instead of adjusting the old one, thus breaking the relations without any notice.

Potlatch could ask: "This way[or node] is a member of a relation [here the relation name, being a link to the 'Edit Relation' window]. Are you sure you want to delete it?". The relation should be labelled like in the "Edit Relation" window, with the respective icon.