[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, rather than using User:username/ or Proposed_features/. 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? (You can also respond at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Any_tags_you_like) - Joseph Eisenberg _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging