Ha! I was going to cite that as an example. I recently removed precisely that absurd tag in Paris.
On Fri, Jun 29, 2018, 14:06 Frederik Ramm <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > On 29.06.2018 13:44, Simon Poole wrote (quoting Wikimedia): > > Add the missing names to OSM in your language. > > I think that this simply means we need much better name QA in the > future, and must not be afraid to remove names that don't belong there. > Until now we've practically let every language enthusiast add their > names to places far and wide without asking for sources; in the future > we should ask for verifiable sources. > > We're ready to accept a local person's authority about local features; > but that doesn't mean that I as a speaker of German should necessarily > have the (un-questioned) authority to assign German names to places on > the other side of the planet. > > I expect that a close look at international place names from this point > of view will probably enable us to get rid of quiet a few "Pont Neuf=New > Bridge" type names. > > Bye > Frederik > > -- > Frederik Ramm ## eMail [email protected] ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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