On Tuesday 28 November 2017, Andy Mabbett wrote: > > The problem is OSM is a map of the physical world, not a map of the > > world's databases. If Wikidata wants to create links between OSM > > and other databases that is great but so far i think no one has > > made a good case why this linking information should be stored in > > OSM rather than Wikidata. > > Then you are not paying attention. OSM IDs are volatile - far more > volatile than Wikipedia IDs, let alone Wikidata IDs.
Do you have any data to support this claim? > > Again my suggestion: Working on better ways to address features in > > OSM in a stable way from the outside would be much more productive > > Great! Let us know when you have a working solution, consensus to > implement it, and tools that work with it. Stop the sarcasm please. I just provided a suggestion for a better approach. If you don't want to hear it - your loss. -- Christoph Hormann http://www.imagico.de/ _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging