The info about tagging is helpful, but I'm also curious about the role of other parts of the wiki, too. The sounding normative vs. being normative distinctions is... subtle?.... to the under-initiated.
On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 9:56 PM, Russ Nelson <nel...@crynwr.com> wrote: > Roland Olbricht writes: > > In general: the wiki is only descriptive, but often it sounds normative. > > > > It is a good idea to > > - use tags or tag keys that have been used quite often > > http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/ > > - search the wiki for keywords of the thing to tag > > - read the relevant pages and take them as advice, not as a law > > - if the pages don't make sense to you or don't match, ask at > > http://help.openstreetmap.org > > - add an additional, new tag if the often used tags don't describe the > > situation appropriately > > My rule of thumb is: > 1) If the wiki describes a tag, tag according to the description. > 2) If the wiki is silent on a tag, then feel free to add it. > 3) If the wiki describes something, and you think there's a better > way, then feel free to tag that way, but follow rule #1 and #2. > 4) But never change what the wiki says, because the people who came > before you followed rules #1, #2, and #3. > > -- > --my blog is at http://blog.russnelson.com > Crynwr supports open source software > 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315-600-8815 > Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | Sheepdog > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > -- Jeff Meyer Global World History Atlas www.gwhat.org j...@gwhat.org 206-676-2347
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