[Tagging] Call for German, French, Russian Japanese updates for changed tag

2010-11-22 Thread Tom Chance
Hello, Some time ago a proposal to change the way we specify types of power generators was passed. Unfortunately, the German, Russian, French and Japanese translations haven't been updated. I left requests on their respective discussion pages but nothing has happened. The original English page

Re: [Tagging] Call for German, French, Russian Japanese updates for changed tag

2010-11-22 Thread Ulf Lamping
Am 22.11.2010 10:26, schrieb Tom Chance: Hello, Some time ago a proposal to change the way we specify types of power generators was passed. Unfortunately, the German, Russian, French and Japanese translations haven't been updated. Hi Tom! Please revert the changes in the english page! A

Re: [Tagging] Call for German, French, Russian Japanese updates for changed tag

2010-11-22 Thread Tom Chance
On 22 November 2010 09:36, Ulf Lamping ulf.lamp...@googlemail.com wrote: Am 22.11.2010 10:26, schrieb Tom Chance: Some time ago a proposal to change the way we specify types of power generators was passed. Unfortunately, the German, Russian, French and Japanese translations haven't been

Re: [Tagging] Call for German, French, Russian Japanese updates for changed tag

2010-11-22 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Tom Chance wrote: When that happens, the only logical course of action is to update the wiki documentation showing the new tags and removing the deprecated tags. It makes no sense to continue telling people about deprecated tags. Even accepting that there is such a thing as a deprecated

Re: [Tagging] Call for German, French, Russian Japanese updates for changed tag

2010-11-22 Thread Tom Chance
On 22 November 2010 12:49, Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net wrote: Tom Chance wrote: When that happens, the only logical course of action is to update the wiki documentation showing the new tags and removing the deprecated tags. It makes no sense to continue telling people about

Re: [Tagging] Call for German, French, Russian Japanese updates for changed tag

2010-11-22 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/11/22 Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net: Tom Chance wrote: When that happens, the only logical course of action is to update the wiki documentation showing the new tags and removing the deprecated tags. It makes no sense to continue telling people about deprecated tags. Even

Re: [Tagging] Call for German, French, Russian Japanese updates for changed tag

2010-11-22 Thread Ulf Lamping
Am 22.11.2010 10:49, schrieb Tom Chance: Ulf, the proposal introduced a new set of tags to specify the type of power=generator, deprecating two existing tags. The new set of tags is more powerful and loses none of the detail made possible by the old tags. I'm not gonna argue with you, wether

Re: [Tagging] Call for German, French, Russian Japanese updates for changed tag

2010-11-22 Thread Petr Morávek [Xificurk]
Ulf Lamping napsal(a): First of all, please repeat a hundred times on the blackboard: There's no such thing as a deprecated tag in OSM. Especially not, if the new proposal is only a few weeks old ;-) Sure there are deprecated tags in OSM - it doesn't mean that they are not used in the database

Re: [Tagging] Call for German, French, Russian Japanese updates for changed tag

2010-11-22 Thread Ulf Lamping
Am 22.11.2010 22:28, schrieb Petr Morávek [Xificurk]: Ulf Lamping napsal(a): First of all, please repeat a hundred times on the blackboard: There's no such thing as a deprecated tag in OSM. Especially not, if the new proposal is only a few weeks old ;-) Sure there are deprecated tags in OSM -

Re: [Tagging] Call for German, French, Russian Japanese updates for changed tag

2010-11-22 Thread Petr Morávek [Xificurk]
Ulf Lamping napsal(a): Am 22.11.2010 22:28, schrieb Petr Morávek [Xificurk]: Ulf Lamping napsal(a): First of all, please repeat a hundred times on the blackboard: There's no such thing as a deprecated tag in OSM. Especially not, if the new proposal is only a few weeks old ;-) Sure there are

Re: [Tagging] Call for German, French, Russian Japanese updates for changed tag

2010-11-22 Thread Tobias Knerr
Ulf Lamping wrote: If the mappers think your proposal is a good idea they will use it. If the page for power=generator contains a large table with power sources and tags for these, most mappers will use those. Even if there is a link to an alternative proposal somewhere else on the page. So

Re: [Tagging] Call for German, French, Russian Japanese updates for changed tag

2010-11-22 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/11/22 Ulf Lamping ulf.lamp...@googlemail.com: Am 22.11.2010 10:49, schrieb Tom Chance: When that happens, the only logical course of action is to update the wiki documentation showing the new tags and removing the deprecated tags. It makes no sense to continue telling people about

Re: [Tagging] Call for German, French, Russian Japanese updates for changed tag

2010-11-22 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/11/22 Ulf Lamping ulf.lamp...@googlemail.com: Am 22.11.2010 22:28, schrieb Petr Morávek [Xificurk]: Sure, there are tags that you could call deprecated, highway=minor would be an example - no one would actually encourage to use this tag any more. well, the wiki does, it says: under way