I have seen tendences to an edit war on Key:religion [1] with a possible spread to Key:denomination [2]. No matter if Pastafarianism is a legimit religion or not, this edit war will not benefit anybody. I have added a section on Talk:Key:religion where those oposing the Pastafarians being represented on Key:religion can express their reasons, and those for representation can defend why it is there.
As far as I know pastafarianism is a registered and approved religion in a few countries. If tagging of pastafarian should be different, than an alternative tagging must be suggested. In my opinion OSM must be open for more religions, and I am tempted to include tagging of such as Church of the SubGenius, Scientologists, and other "wierd" religions, including UFO sects. After reading what damage some sects can do, information about their locations is not only of interest to their followers, but also people looking for good locations to settle down, job opertunities other places, or schools for our kids, and knowing which religions are present, for good and for bad might be important for the final decission. In other words, stop the edit war, discuss pros and cons on the talk page, and be open to include more rather than remove. If it is concluded as not a religion than find alternative tagging. [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:religion [2] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:denomination _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
