On Mon, 26 Aug 2019 at 04:52, Joseph Eisenberg <[email protected]> wrote:
There seems to be confusion about what the key "landcover" means, > because recently there have also been pages created for > landcover=water and landcover=hedge as well. > I'm in no way justifying any of the landcover=* tags that user has invented, but I can see from his edit comments why he invented landcover=hedge. He either didn't read about, or did not like, barrier=hedge + area=yes so came up with landcover=hedge to use to represent that situation. Whatever his reason, he seems rather detached from reality and insulates himself with a thick layer of Dunnnig-Kruger. This also brings up the question: is it appropriate to edit pages like > this to mention the more common tags at the top, e.g. natural=dune, > natural=sand? Often other editors are unhappy when I add something > like "Consider using the more common tags natural=dune or > natural=sand" - but if anyone can create a Tag: or Key: page, it seems > important that similar and synonymous tags are mentioned at the top. > Even though it may trigger an edit war by this user like this one, go for it. -- Paul
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