The aftermath of the (IMHO very unnecessary) change: https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/pull/4504#issuecomment-341980655
We now have - 62 chimney_sweeper - 36 sweep - 1 chimney_sweep and one confused chimney sweep Am 04.10.2014 um 20:39 schrieb John F. Eldredge: > Chimney sweeps still exist in the USA, although they offer a variety > of services. The usual term for the industry is > Heating/Ventilating/Air Conditioning Repair, often abbreviated to HVAC > Repair. I had my chimney cleaned a few years ago. The technique used > was a powerful, truck-mounted vacuum cleaner, plus a large brush moved > up and down the flue. Modern houses no longer use flues large enough > to climb into, as they suck nearly all of the heated air up the chimney. > > I agree that the value chimney_sweep is more understandable than > simply sweep, as the latter could be misinterpreted to refer to > companies that sweep up trash from roads and parking lots. > > > On October 3, 2014 6:32:52 AM CDT, Martin Koppenhoefer > <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 2014-10-03 13:26 GMT+02:00 SomeoneElse > <li...@mail.atownsend.org.uk <mailto:li...@mail.atownsend.org.uk>>: > > If they're a German-specific thing then why not use the German > word rather than co-opt an English one that doesn't actually > match the primary function that these people perform? > > > > they are all chimney sweeps. The list of detailed services, > obligations and functions is naturally country specific such as > with any other tag as well. We are not using English tags to > describe everything in relation to Britain, but because it seemed > a good way to describe the whole world in a way that would be > understood by most of the mappers. > > I'd also expect chimney sweeps to be operating (still) in Britain, > as they do necessary maintenance work (maybe you have less > frequent sweeping, but it still has to be done from time to time). > > cheers, > Martin > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
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