Thanks for a brilliant example. Just want to point out that wikipedia is not exempt from this, I had great difficulty findin a wikipedia:en article about the Haut Fagnes after reading Cristoph Eckert's fine blog post <http://www.christeck.de/wp/2014/07/15/auf-dem-dach-belgiens/>, the only way to find it was to search wikipedia:fr and then click on the English Language article to find it called "High Fens <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Fens>". Similarly the Erzgebirge appear as the Ore Mountains. In both cases this is to apparently avoid some language sensibilities (which are either overstated or could have easily been managed with a suitable redirect).
I look forward to seeing: name:fr=Colonie du peuple de Snot name:de=Siedlung des Volkes von Rotz and so on *ad nauseum* .... On a more serious note, there is (or perhaps, more accurately, was) a substantial Ukrainian diaspora in the United Kingdom. For instance there is a Ukrainian social club <http://www.augb.co.uk/nottingham.php> and church in Nottingham. It would be interesting to find out what the typical usage is within this diaspora. Jerry On 5 August 2014 00:38, Frederik Ramm <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > On 08/04/2014 08:23 PM, SomeoneElse wrote: > > To duplicate every name in OSM in every language (or even every > > alphabet) is clearly ridiculous - and the "but it's only for cities" > > argument is also not a good one, since what is done for cities will next > > be done for towns, villages, village shops, everything. > > I agree with that and I have often tried to make the point that the > "name" tag should be reserved for situations in which something really > has a certain distinct name in the given language. > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/53574164 - if I visit Pont Neuf will > there be a sign in English explaining to me that this building is called > "New Bridge"? Will I meet native English speakers who tell me they've > been to "New Bridge" in Paris (the same way they will say that they have > been to "Munich")? > > No? Then what on earth does the name:en tag do on that object. Of course > the other name:xx tags aren't any better as a far as I can judge. The > only reason I haven't yet blown these tags to pieces is that I can > occasionally use them in rants like this. > > Bye > Frederik > > -- > Frederik Ramm ## eMail [email protected] ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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