On 19/09/2020 12:47, Jake Edmonds via Tagging wrote:
Maybe a proposal that needs voting on isn’t need but is it accepted to add things to the wiki without one?
People certainly do do that (an example that comes to mind is https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:verge ). I don't see a problem with adding a page that says "this is how I'd suggest mapping this feature". What's more problematic is adding something to "map features" that isn't really an accepted tag, just one person's "good idea", or gaming taginfo numbers by mechanically editing values to match a new tag (which has been done in the past). An example of a group of tags where problems were reported was https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:motorcycle:theme and earlier related pages - there were suggestions that the wiki was edited so that it looked like "accepted tagging" when it wasn't.
If you're worried that creating a new wiki page will make it look "too official" you can always create a wiki page underneath your wiki user and make it clear that it's a personal page (but still a suggestion to other mappers).
It’s much nicer to find a page on the wiki than looking through tag info trying to decide if something already exists.
Ultimately it's tag usage (by "real human beings" rather than imports etc.) that matters - that means that lots of people have agreed that it's a good idea to map a certain feature a certain way. Any one person can add a wiki page; a few more can create and accept a wiki proposal, but neither of those really means that it's a widely accepted tag. That doesn't mean that the proposal process has no value at all, but it does mean that if none of X are currently mapped let's at least try and map some of X before having a discussion about it.
Best Regards. Andy PS: Sorry for double post earlier - problem was not enough coffee yet.
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