Understood Andy, thanks for the suggestions > On 19 Sep 2020, at 14:10, Andy Townsend <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 19/09/2020 12:47, Jake Edmonds via Tagging wrote: >> Maybe a proposal that needs voting on isn’t need but is it accepted to add >> things to the wiki without one? > > People certainly do do that (an example that comes to mind is > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:verge ). I don't see a problem with > adding a page that says "this is how I'd suggest mapping this feature". > What's more problematic is adding something to "map features" that isn't > really an accepted tag, just one person's "good idea", or gaming taginfo > numbers by mechanically editing values to match a new tag (which has been > done in the past). An example of a group of tags where problems were > reported was https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:motorcycle:theme and > earlier related pages - there were suggestions that the wiki was edited so > that it looked like "accepted tagging" when it wasn't. > > If you're worried that creating a new wiki page will make it look "too > official" you can always create a wiki page underneath your wiki user and > make it clear that it's a personal page (but still a suggestion to other > mappers). > > >> It’s much nicer to find a page on the wiki than looking through tag info >> trying to decide if something already exists. > > Ultimately it's tag usage (by "real human beings" rather than imports etc.) > that matters - that means that lots of people have agreed that it's a good > idea to map a certain feature a certain way. Any one person can add a wiki > page; a few more can create and accept a wiki proposal, but neither of those > really means that it's a widely accepted tag. That doesn't mean that the > proposal process has no value at all, but it does mean that if none of X are > currently mapped let's at least try and map some of X before having a > discussion about it. > > Best Regards. > > Andy > > PS: Sorry for double post earlier - problem was not enough coffee yet. > > > > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
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