On 29 July 2011 14:22, Stephen Hope <slh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 28 July 2011 21:52, Brian Quinion <openstreet...@brian.quinion.co.uk> > wrote: >> >> Now that said I don't really care which tag is used for the 'full' >> name. I'd personally prefer the name tag was used for this because it >> has always been the policy of OSM that the name tag includes the full >> unabbreviated name. Really - this has been one of the few points of >> (until recent conversation) agreement. > > The argument here is what the full unabbreviated name is. You seem to > think it is Saint Albans. The town says it is St Albans. It's their > name, we shouldn't mess with it. The St in this case is *not* an > abbreviation, it's an alternate spelling. The name tag should have > the official name, not some expanded version because it's easier for > us. > > I would add "Saint Albans" as an alt_name.
This is bound to end up in edit wars if people insist on telling locals that the name of their town is wrong. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk