I agree with John - no need to change the spelling. The differences between British English and American English are troublesome enough already (tyre:tire, centre:center, harbour:harbor, etc.:etc.) — why make another one?
On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 10:12 AM, John Packer <john.pack...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't think we should change the spelling of an well-established tag > (more than 13 000 uses according to taginfo) > > See the comments about the abrupt change of power=sub_station to > power=substation on github[1]. For example: > >> [..] why bother changing the tag? Should we next have a vote on whether >> it should be spelt railway or spelled railroad? The problem here is not >> that the tag is mis-spelled, but instead that people are worrying about tag >> spelling when we should be encouraging people to edit. If enough people >> spell a tag using a standard incorrect spelling, or a (English standard >> correct) spelling, then write it up in the Wiki and people who render will >> know what to do. >> >> That is what seems crucial to me: ensuring that people know how to add >> things, and that people know what they mean once they're added. Correct >> spelling seems quite secondary to the matter, where correct *rendering* >> is the crux of the matter. >> > > [1]: https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/issues/230 > > > > 2014-07-16 14:09 GMT-03:00 Andreas Goss <andi...@t-online.de>: > >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/BE- >> Spelling_shop%3Djewelry >> >> I kept it short ;) And I the think the Subject says it all. The use of >> jewellers could of course also be considered. >> __________ >> openstreetmap.org/user/AndiG88 >> wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:AndiG88 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > -- Dave Swarthout Homer, Alaska Chiang Mai, Thailand Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com
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