Re: [Talk-GB] Addition of Wikipedia links in German!
WARNING: CHECK YOUR BOUNDARIES! Longbow4u has been causing other problems with these edits as well. In Kent the boundaries of Ashford and Shepway districts have been emptied of ways. The addition of wikipedia links is continuing apace, sometimes in English, sometimes in German. This changeset seems particularly problematic: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/13577241 I have sent him/her a message requesting them to repair the damage to these boundary relations and have suggested rolling back that whole changeset might be a good place to start. Colin On 21/10/2012 17:08, Robert Norris wrote: Seeing these edits: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Longbow4u/edits http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/13577963 to add a tags such as wikipedia = de:Portsmouth One can't help but wonder what the point of such tags are (an indeed website), as any intelligent web search based on the name of the object (and +wikipedia) and maybe UK or the county will usually takes to one the web site (or wikipedia) of that item and probably in the right language too... (even if I often tag POIs with websites myself...) This sort of automatic search linking would be much web 2.0, than the pile of URL related values in the DB. Be Seeing You - Rob. If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving isn't for you. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] Addition of Wikipedia links in German!
On 21 October 2012 23:13, SomeoneElse li...@mail.atownsend.org.uk wrote: Personally, I'd say that if the process requires the duplication of exactly the same value as is already in name that the process is flawed... I think it can be useful because the article name isn't always just the OSM object's name value. Leaving it blank could either mean one should just use the name value, or that nobody has paid it any attention. Better to make it explicit. Regards, Tom -- http://tom.acrewoods.net http://twitter.com/tom_chance ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] Addition of Wikipedia links in German!
I am baffled by this one http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/13567143, amongst many others. Anyone able to ask why in a politely worded German email? Phil -- Sent from my Nokia N9 On 21/10/2012 16:33 SomeoneElse wrote: On 21/10/2012 16:08, Robert Norris wrote: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Longbow4u/edits http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Longbow4u/edits to add a tags such as wikipedia = de:Portsmouth Looks bonkers to me. Have you tried sending them a polite message asking them what what the purpose of the links are that they're adding? Cheers, Andy ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Longbow4u/edits On 21/10/2012 16:33 SomeoneElse wrote: On 21/10/2012 16:08, Robert Norris wrote: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Longbow4u/edits http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Longbow4u/edits to add a tags such as wikipedia = de:Portsmouth Looks bonkers to me. Have you tried sending them a polite message asking them what what the purpose of the links are that they're adding? Cheers, Andy ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Longbow4u/edits ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] Addition of Wikipedia links in German!
Looks bonkers to me. Have you tried sending them a polite message asking them what what the purpose of the links are that they're adding? It was quite succinct, so maybe not that polite. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] Addition of Wikipedia links in German!
because of the WIWOSM feature in Wikipedia. By adding one link to a Wikipedia-Article (which language is not important) on the relation of an administrative district, the area will be marked in the maps of some wikipedias (de, it, es etc (however, not yet en)) as a field. Find more information to WIWOSM feature here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WIWOSM You can see this in action if you open the England article in the German wikipedia and click on Karte link on the top right. Best regards Longbow4u But I still think it would be better to put wikipedia=en:ENGLISH_NAME for places in England. Be Seeing You - Rob. If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving isn't for you. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
