On 15/08/19 12:18, Joseph Eisenberg wrote:
[Posted to Talk + Tagging]:
Currently the section "Non proposed features" in the OSM wiki page
"Proposal_process" mentions that new tags should not be added to
"Map_Features" without discussion. Some users also believe that new
tags should not be documented under the feature wiki space with
"Key:New_feature" or "Tag:key=value" pages, but should instead be
documented in a User:username/ namespace or the Proposed_features/
namespace.
In contrast, the current text of the wiki page "Any tags you like
suggests creating a new tag for bird nests (as an example) with
Key:endangered_nest=Siberian_flying_squirrel - besides suggesting
using non-standard capitalization in the value, this suggests creating
a new Key: / Tag: page directly,
This has been the method for a very long time.
rather than using User:username/ or
Proposed_features/.
This is a new method that some think is better.
Is this a good idea? Occasionally new wiki pages are created in these
standard spaces for tags with only a few uses or no uses in the
database.
I would encourage mappers not to create new feature pages for tags
which are not yet in use, or have only been used a handful of times by
one mapper. Instead, it would be good to clarify that the
Proposed_features/ namespace can be used even if the user has no
interest in continuing the proposal process. I though that new feature
pages should be created to document "in use" tags that have been used
by more than a handful of different mappers in more than a handful of
places.
Thoughts?
Past practice has been to simple document what you have tagged as a new wiki
page. Simple, easy and accessible by all. No matter how little used this is the
accepted method and has neen in use for a long time.
Placing it as a proposal and then not proceeding with it sees it being down
graded to 'abandoned'. These may be harder to find.
Placing it in User:username/
humm .. will that show up if I search for the key/value?
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I am against depreciation the accepted and historic method of documenting new
tags.
I would need convincing that the other methods are 'better'.
The ideal of forcing a proposal ... does not fly with me due to the probability
of being cast as 'abandoned'.
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