We (the USA) has many sources which "say" St. Louis (Missouri) but OSM has 
name=Saint Louis.  The latter is correct in an OSM context.  Following our 
wiki, CAN the name be spelled without an abbreviation?"  If yes, then please do 
so.

Thanks,
SteveA

> On Feb 16, 2018, at 12:50 PM, James <james2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> http://saultstemarie.ca/
> 
> thats how its written. even on signs to there
> 
> On Feb 16, 2018 3:47 PM, "OSM Volunteer stevea" <stevea...@softworkers.com> 
> wrote:
> On Feb 16, 2018, at 9:41 AM, Matthew Darwin <matt...@mdarwin.ca> wrote:
> > St. Catharines, St. Thomas, Sault Ste. Marie
> 
> I dislike sounding nit-picky, this really is meant as constructive criticism, 
> but let's expand these names so there are no abbreviations.  Our wiki 
> https://wiki.osm.org/wiki/Names says "If the name can be spelled without an 
> abbreviation, then don't abbreviate it."
> 
> Thanks,
> SteveA
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