Hi, I would like to refer to Yves (yvecai)'s suggestion below once again:
Yes, the OSM Wiki page about Names says something about avoiding transliteration (though currently only the wiki page in English). But: In fact, it has a section on "Localization", which clearly implies the usage of transliterations! And it does say nothing to avoid pure translations And it does not refer to WD and the WD-ID tag as a possible solution for "international names" (exonyms)! So, it's seems really time to update the OSM Wiki page on Names including all translations... Regarding the original blog post from Joe Matazzoni's Wikimedia Foundation on "Interactive maps, now in your language", I added a comment, asking him to update his post along following lines: > "When the results are unsatisfactory..." * "Add the missing names to Wikidata (not OSM) in your language". * (... Remaining 2 bullets seem to target Wikidata anyway) * "Add the name to OSM only after having understood how to do this: See https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Names e.g. avoid pure translations (exonyms) and avoid transliterations. * "Adding Wikidata-ID to OSM is acceptable." :Stefan 2018-06-30 7:37 GMT+02:00 Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com>: > On 30/06/18 15:08, Yves wrote: >> >> While there is a lot of things said here in this thread, I notice that: >> 1 there is very little advice in the article on how to enter names in OSM. >> 2 there no comment on the blog that would give advice on how to enter >> names in OSM. >> >> It would be the right time if OSM people would take the time to synthetise >> to WMF contributors what names are acceptable in OSM. >> Do we have a good wiki page on the matter? > > > A lot of detail on about the name tag itself > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Names > > As for a specific beginers guide as to how to add a name to an OSM feature.. > ? > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
