It would likely yet help a lot if th editors would simply check if - the number does not start with “+” - the number (after the starting “+” sign) contains other characters then digits, spaces (and maybe dashes).
This is quite simple and could nevertheless catch yet a lot of issues… 2017-09-05 16:51 GMT, marc marc <[email protected]>: > Hello, > > on the french-speaking mailing, a contributor noticed a high rate > of incorrect value for the tag "phone". the most common error is using > the national format number instead of the international format. > > A monthly project 'll maybe fix some of those errors. > Some quality tool can help those fix. > > But the best would be to avoid the mistake when a user fill > in the data in iD, josm or whatever. > > Is anyone aware of a kind of "preset" that can be used for phone ? > Otherwise it would be useful to create with local communities a wiki > page containing a list of valid prefixes example + 322xxxxxxx is valid, > +331xxxxxxxx also but 01xxxxxxxx is not valid in France. > Or using something like https://github.com/googlei18n/libphonenumber/ > https://github.com/googlei18n/libphonenumber/blob/master/FAQ.md#where-do-we-get-information-from-to-determine-if-a-number-range-is-valid > > Would it also be useful to put a corrective suggestion? > for example 01xxxxxxxx #+331xxxxxxxx > > Of course, I am not talking about the exact form of the list, > nor the fact that some countries will have a list, > while others not. > nor the difficulty when a poi has several corresponding numbers > attached several countries. > I 'm talking about the general guideline. > > The aim is not to forbid some values but to allow > common editor to guide the user to avoid a very common error. > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > -- Lukas Sommer _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
