It appears to me that rather than being impolite, I was *too* polite and therefore didn't get my point across. 

What I wanted to say is: "fixes" that superficially fix something - like you did here - are unwanted and complicate the *real* fixing. They make OSM worse, not better. Your lecturing about  "craftsmanship" rings hollow when it is the other mappers (who actually fix things) of whom you expect such craftsmanship, while not being willing to invest the same yourself.

In the future, when you fix something because of a geometry error, you are expected to use reason to ensure that the whole thing isn't totally fictitious (or a broken import or something else that warrants a different kind of attention than just a geometry fix). If you are unwilling or unable to bring that amount of "craftsmanship" to the table because you can only invest two minutes per "fix", then please refrain from making the edit in the first place, and leave it to someone who can do it with the necessary diligence. 

If you encounter something where you believe a proper fix might require local knowledge, the same applies - just leave it to the locals. 