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| | 14 | == Can't merge because way still in use == #WaysToDeleteStillInUse |
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| | 16 | The nodes you merge may be part of [wiki:/Help/Concept/Object ways]. If you merge them these "parent" ways may loose one or more of their nodes. In some cases the number of nodes left in these ways may drop below 2. Ways with less than 2 nodes don't make sense and JOSM tries to delete them them if they emerge when nodes are merged. |
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| | 18 | In some cases, though, a way to be deleted could still be in use, for instance, because a relation is referring to it. JOSM aborts merging nodes in these cases. Instead, it displays the following warning message: |
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| | 20 | [[Image(warning-way-still-in-use.png)]] |
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