This thread is already too long (though Fred's contribution was a classic).
If people want to add transliterations (or genuinely different names) by hand, then let them. As long as no-one starts doing mass automated transliterations, then it doesn't matter very much. Richard (M) On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Pavlo Dudka <pavlo.du...@gmail.com> wrote: > I assert that it is "much better" to use a single service, because it is > easier to add 100 osm-tags than implement communication with external data > sources. > Nominatim use osm-data, it should not(and I hope will never) use any other > data from Wikidata or other projects. > Mapnik allows to process .osm data without using any external data sources. > There is also nice project "Multilingual Map" created as part of > Multilingual maps wikipedia project( > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Multilingual_maps_wikipedia_project). > Can any of this services be easily modified to use Wikidata? No. > > I don't ask anyone to waste his time to modify UK place-nodes. That's how > I want to spend my own time. But I want to be sure that SomeoneElse_Revert > or someone else will not revert my changes. > > OSM-community tries to avoid any imports. I would like to check all cities > one by one. I will check its spelling in ukrainian spelling dictionary, > wikipedia, web articles. > > Note, half of UK cities don't have any reference to Wikipedia. > > http://overpass-turbo.eu/?Q=node[%22is_in:country%22=%22United%20Kingdom%22][%22place%22=%22city%22][%22wikipedia%22!~%22.*%22];out%3B&R > I can fill them too while adding name:uk=*. > > > 2014-08-05 12:42 GMT+03:00 Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk>: > >> > Not, it is not a job for external services. It is much better to use >> single >> > service(OSM) rather than multiple(OSM+Wikidata). >> > OpenStreetMap supports multiple names - let's use it. If you don't like >> > someone use some tags - just ignore those tags. >> >> You assert that it is "much better" to sue a dingle service, rather >> than using linked open data as it is meant to be used; but you present >> no argument for that assertion. >> >> It is ot a case of "not liking" some tags, but of not wanting to >> squander vouneteer hours repeating work that has already been done - >> effectively and better - elsewhere. >> >> Even were your assertion true, the data is, in many cases, already in >> Wikidata and freely available for import. >> >> -- >> Andy Mabbett >> @pigsonthewing >> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > >
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