Typically restaurants, shops, etc only have the name-field set, never
(*) name:fr or name:nl Those are only set for POIs that have both a
French and a Dutch name (government offices, big tourist attractions,
streets, villages).

m.

(*) never say never, but in general we do not duplicate name into
name:fr or name:nl.
On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 3:05 PM Joseph Eisenberg
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> If the POI has only one name, it won’t be a problem. For example, a business 
> or amenity with a name:fr=x and no name:nl would not need an additional tag.
>
> Are there lots of POIs in Brussels that have a name in both languages in the 
> database but should only be displayed in one language?
>
> Joseph
>
> On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 9:43 PM Marc Gemis <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> I'm tempted to vote against the proposal, as it only works for a
>> subset of the name fields in Brussels (and probably other places as
>> well)
>> Only "official names" follow the rule fr;nl. "official names" are
>> names of villages, street names, government offices and the like.
>> For all the other POIs the default_language will have to be
>> overwritten. Is this an acceptable outcome of your proposal ?
>>
>> m.
>> On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 3:23 PM Joseph Eisenberg
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> > The proposal for a default:language= tag has been discussed for the past 3 
>> > weeks. There have been no new comments this week, and I hope the proposal 
>> > is ready for approval. Thank you for all of your ideas and suggestions
>> >
>> > Please go to the proposal page and read the discussion on the talk page:
>> > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Proposed_features/Default_Language_Format
>> >
>> > Then go to the proposal page when you are ready to vote:
>> > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Default_Language_Format#Voting
>> >
>> > Thank you,
>> > -Joseph
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