Right, i agree to that (not including a definition link in the box) as for example, the key=snowshed page would naturally have a definition as part of the description (1st paragraph) of the wiki page.
Perhaps what we CAN do is ensure that there is some kind of standard? In what case should a dictionary definition be used instead of encyclopedia? Sam On 3/20/09, Tobias Knerr <[email protected]> wrote: > Sam Vekemans schrieb: >> Why is it that all of the templates for the detail box on the right >> have "Google definition" and a link to a search for that tag on google >> search? > > I'd even ask: Why do we have such a link at all? What matters is how a > term is defined in OSM context, not how it is defined by Google, > Wiktionary or whoever. If "highway" in OSM is a collective key for > everything from footway to motorway, *that's* the relevant information, > not the "A highway is a main road intended for travel by the public > between important destinations, such as cities and towns" that you get > from Google. > > Therefore instead of cluttering the box with even more links (that are > placed excessively prominently above far more interesting information) > to probably contradicting definitions, we should simply eliminate the > definition links from these boxes. If the OSM meaning is indeed based on > some external definition of the term, then exactly that definition > should be linked in the descriptive text. > > Tobias Knerr > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
