On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 1:20 PM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2009/9/24 Roy Wallace <waldo000...@gmail.com>: >> If Mark wants to use source=gps rather than source=survey, because he >> feels it conveys a different meaning, then in the spirit of using "any >> tags you like", I think he should be free to do so. > > Are you intentionally trying to be a troll? > > Yes you can use any tag you like, however consistency is of equal if > not higher importance, the point of using any tag you like is for > things that may not be in common usage, for example you may have > aerial imagery, this isn't a survey but you should always source where > data came from.
Let me clarify. I think consistency is great. I'm just questioning the method. Good method: Discussion, voting, observing tagwatch, making recommendations, finding consensus, wiki documentation Bad method: Doing (semi)-automated changes of other people's contributions, which can often be *damaging* (in the eyes of the author, at least) I acknowledge that a change from source=gps to source=survey is not the end of the world. I am talking about the general principle. When in doubt, don't change it (lest we lose information), until the situation becomes clearer. _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
