I believe much of the OSM software & the attitude of many of the
software writers should be combated, but that's for another thread.
DaveF
On 18/09/2025 12:57, Nick Whitelegg via Talk-GB wrote:
Personally I would remove this sentence as it sounds rather combative.
Our role should be to give supportive feedback:
"If computer programmers (not computers) can't write code to
distinguish abbreviations then they probably shouldn't be contributing
to OSM."
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*From:* Dave F via Talk-GB <[email protected]>
*Sent:* 18 September 2025 12:47
*To:* OSM Talk-GB <[email protected]>
*Subject:* [Talk-GB] User expanding St to saint in name tags.
A contributor has been creating various changesets in London & the
South coast changing names of streets & building etc. from 'St' to
saint. Such as:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/171594660
<https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/171594660>
He's citing this wiki page.
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Abbreviations
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Abbreviations>
The comment I left in it's discussion page:
"This behaviour needs to be stopped. If the official name is 'St', to
represent 'saint', as listed in street gazetteers or signage, then
that is how it should be in the name tag (ground truth as it's known
in OSM). If computer programmers (not computers) can't write code to
distinguish abbreviations then they probably shouldn't be contributing
to OSM."
I think these changesets should be reverted.
Opinions welcome.
DaveF
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