I agree that they should be documented. It's true that it can be hard to find proposal page features when searching the wiki, but I find it hard to find anything with the current search feature (often it's easier to use taginfo and find the wiki links that way).
There was a suggestion back in March to have proposal pages start with a Proposal: namespace instead of Proposed_features/ - perhaps this namespace could be included in wiki searches by default? And taginfo could take information from the Proposal Page template, in addition to Description (assuming it doesn't already?). - Joseph On 8/15/19, Christoph Hormann <o...@imagico.de> wrote: > On Thursday 15 August 2019, Joseph Eisenberg wrote: >> >> 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. > > Yes, IMO it is not only acceptable to document newly invented tags but > also advisable to do so. Note however inventing tags in this context > means actively using them, not theoretical inventions along the lines > of "I would like mappers to tag things this way therefore i document > the tag as if it was being used". Elaborate tagging schemes should be > discussed before being used and not be invented ad hoc by individual > mappers. > > The reason is - as you mentioned - the "Any tags you like" principle. > It means you can and should invent new tags for *things no tag exists > for so far*. To allow mappers to determine if there is already an > existing tag for a certain type of feature tags have to be documented. > Or looking at things the other way round: If inventing new tags is > encouraged but it is discouraged to document them in a way that can be > easily found by other mappers that would massively emphasize tag > proliferation since mappers will repeatedly invent new and different > tags for certain things because they are unaware that another mapper > has already invented a tag for this. > > -- > Christoph Hormann > http://www.imagico.de/ > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
