Validator should autocorrect by default

[pangoSE]

There should be a setting to always do this without asking first when the validator-button is pressed.
And if that setting is not set:

A dialog after finished validation:
Autocorrectable errors found.
Do you want to autocorrect them now?
Yes | No

[Don-vip]

Not sure this is a good idea to invite users to perform a blind mass auto-correction.

Even the JOSM validator autofix can be erroneous and produce bad OSM data. If people don't look precisely at the results we might receive less feedback in case of errors.

If we propose something like that it would probably be a good idea to display a summary of what has changed following the autofix.

[stoecker]

The "fix" feature of validator is already a dangerous thing and sometimes does more wrong than good. More automatisation will be the wrong way also in terms of user experience. We don't want more hidden logic, but instead educated editors who know the data.

[pangoSE]

Thanks for the arguments. You convinced me this is not a good idea.