On 25/02/2020 10:16, Frederik Ramm wrote:
Hi,
On 25.02.20 11:08, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
Frederik Ramm wrote:
Since OSM is not the place for marketing, I would in these
situations remove the whole POI, and not just the tracking
parameters.
¿Que? You'd remove an entire hotel from the map because... ok, I'm having
trouble finishing that sentence: because what exactly?
I'd remove things from OSM that have been clearly added as part of an
advertising campaign, because that means the information is not
trustworthy. The purpose of an advertising campaign is not to provide
unbiased, factual information, hence OSM cannot be the vehicle for an
advertising campaign.
Having communicated with "Hilton Hotels" in the past, I get the
impression that they're just trying to "keep OSM up to date". They're
not adding "marketing crap" in fields such as "description". I also
don't get the impression that there are a huge army of people updating
OSM from their end either - it appeared to me like there was essentially
just one person.
Using "website:" rather than "website" just looks like cockup rather
than conspiracy. I have no idea where the "?" parameter came from, but
given that they don't similar tag links from twitter (that just goes to
https://doubletree3.hilton.com/en/hotels/united-kingdom/doubletree-by-hilton-hotel-london-kingston-up
) that might just be cockup also - copying a link from an internal URL
that had that appended.
Best Regards,
Andy
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