Re: [talk-au] Russian Town Names?

[Graeme Fitzpatrick]

On Fri, 8 Oct 2021 at 12:35, Dian Ågesson  wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I’ve stumbled upon a considerable trove of towns that have had Russian
> names added to them.
>

Over this last couple of weeks I've also spotted a number of small Qld
country towns that have Chinese names included eg
https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1chI

Major towns / cities I could understand, particularly in tourist areas, but
I'm not sure about small towns / villages in the country?

Thanks

Graeme
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Re: [talk-au] Russian Town Names?

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

we had a case in Europe where tons of more or less invented
(auto-generated) Russian names were added by a Russian who was playing a
computer game that was using OSM maps and they wanted a nicer map display ;)

Bye
Frederik

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Re: [talk-au] Russian Town Names?

[Andrew Harvey]

There general rule in OSM is only tag if the place does have a common name
in that language, and not tag transliteration. If you really want to add
transliterations this can be done via Wikidata which can be linked to OSM.
Some maps like Mapbox will then use the Wikidata linked transliterations
for translated labelling.

You can ask via a changeset comment where the names came from, their
justification and if you don't hear back or they clearly transliteration
only it could be reverted.

On Fri, 8 Oct 2021 at 13:35, Dian Ågesson  wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I’ve stumbled upon a considerable trove of towns that have had Russian
> names added to them. https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1bRp
>
> After going through them they nearly all seem to be transliteration done
> my the same handful of users (who have various amounts of blocks).
>
> While the tag is obviously valid for some towns and cities (capitals,
> tourist spots or places with a large Russian community) I don’t think that
> the majority of these towns should have the tag. Some of the towns have
> populations of less than 50!
>
> Do others agree? If so, what is the best way to rectify this?
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