2018-03-23 15:45 GMT+01:00 François Lacombe <fl.infosrese...@gmail.com>:
> Hi, > > I'm currently thinking about wiki improvement about waterways. > > It would be great to move (with caution) the content of the Waterways page > to Key:waterway > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:waterway > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Waterways > > This would prevent redundancy and ease tagging documentation maintenance. > There are many translations which aren't up to date currently. > Waterways page will be redirected to Key:waterway > > Does anyone have a concern about this ? > I am a bit unsure about this. Some years ago (actually 7), those "collector" / "overview" pages have been set up. They were (if I interpret it right) not thought as specific tagging documentation, but as overview pages about a certain topic, with references to tag definition pages, so you could find the right tag page. The key:waterway page should be mainly about the key waterway and should contain exhaustive information about this key. It has a reference to the more generic Waterways overview page, where you can find references to the main concepts and tags, not only waterway=* tags but including man_made tags, natural=* tags and others. Clearly all relevant information regarding the waterway key and its meaning, application and interpretation, should be on the key:waterway page. If such information is only on the overview page, it should be verified/discussed and transferred. It is also not needed to repeat all the waterway specific information on the overview page, its purpose is different: give an overview and lead to relevant tag pages. I can imagine that this initial distinction may have been blurred in the years since it was created, so a review surely makes sense, but generally I think it is a good idea to have the overview pages (about topics, rather than keys). Btw., what I wrote is not only referring to waterways, but in analogy also to other topics like these: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Speed_limits https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highways https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Landuse https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Landcover https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Places https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Addresses https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Public_transport https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Power and maybe more None of these pages has ever been voted, naturally. I'm generally in favor of keeping them, but they should be reviewed to make sure the overview pages are concise overview pages, and relevant information is on the key and tag pages. They should also get a disclaimer what they are meant to be, so that people aren't confused. Regarding missing and out of date translations: this is the standard situation in the wiki, even for the "main languages", with maybe very few exceptions. We should care for the English version here, and leave translations to the local communities, who could also decide not to translate some pages (because they know they are so few they will not be able to keep it updated). Cheers, Martin
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