There is now a wiki page. I initially added the content of Roland's email. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Attic_Data
On Sun, Feb 7, 2016, 3:02 AM malenki <o...@malenki.ch> wrote: > On Wed, 03 Feb 2016 22:06:32 +0000, > Dave F wrote: > > > So often I'm put off from delving further into OSM & its uses by the > > confusing nature of it's wiki pages. > > > > A simple example: > > > > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API/Overpass_QL#Attic_data_.28.22date.22.29 > > > > Why is it headed as 'Attic Data'? > > Obviously because the developer named the feature "Attic Data". > > > Why is there no explanation of it's meaning? After too much time > > using google I find it means old information. Why not say that? > > Wouldn't 'historical snapshot' be a bit clearer? > > A year ago I would liked to have found an explanation of "Attic > Data" too, since the average OSM user knows it from the OSM website as > "history" or "chronic" (German). If the term "history" would at least > have been placed near "Attic Data" I would have found it by full text > searching the wiki page. > I was unable to connect "OSM history" and "Attic Data", even with using > search engines. I had to ask on IRC and as I was told I was looking for > "Attic Data" I thought 'WTF! what a stupid name! Nobody ever will find > that in the wiki' > I've added an explanation by now; hopefully it will be considered > helpful: > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Overpass_API/Overpass_QL&diff=1270275&oldid=1262567 > > Why didn't you do it? :) > > > Please remember wiki/help pages are mainly read by inexperienced > > users > > Define the "inexperienced user", please. > > I am nearly totally inexperienced in programming but even JOSM has > a built-in interface to query the Overpass API. > With overpass turbo and its wizard you need very little experience of > whatsoever to create a successful query. > > >who aren't fully aware of all the latest hip language (that > > often goes out of fashion 6 months later). > > Well, since this is a name of a feature of a wide- and heavily used > tool I doubt that it is part of a fashion hipster language. > > > Please keep all wiki pages plain & simple. > > You can help doing this, too. > > hth > Thomas > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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