This is a valid concern. What I'm suggesting to solve that is to create a new property "OpenStreetMap name" that can hold names in multiple languages and every single one can be independently referenced.
Cheers Simon Poole <si...@poole.ch> skrev: (9 augusti 2020 10:36:34 CEST) >The "names" in wikidata are mostly the names of WP pages for the object >in question and have little to do with actually existing names (as per >the OSM definition) of places. > >It would be a massive drop in quality if we would do the proposed >switch. > >Simon > >Am 09.08.2020 um 10:25 schrieb pangoSE: >> I suggest we create a roadmap for deprecating of storing and updating >> names in OSM for objects with a Wikidata tag. >> >> The rationale is explained here: >> https://josm.openstreetmap.de/ticket/19655 >> >> This of course affects the whole project and data consumers as well. >> Every OSM user will have to become a Wikidata user as well to edit >the >> names or add name references (through the editors) >> >> Substantial changes will have to be made: >> * nominatim will need to support fetching names from wikidata >somehow. >> It could probably be done on the fly. >> * openstreetmap.org will need to fetch from wikidata when displaying >> any object. >> * rendering the standard map will have to support fetching from >wikidata. >> * all editors would have to fetch and enable editing of Wikidata >objects. >> * maybe it no longer makes sense to have 2 separate logins? We should >> unify the logging in as much as possible. Ideas are welcome on how to >> do that. Perhaps retire signing up as OSM user on osm.org and ask >> users to create a Wikimedia account instead and log in with that? >> >> I personally don't see any problems connecting Wikimedia and OSM >> closer than the islands they are today. >> >> As mentioned in the ticket above data consumers like Mapbox already >> prefer Wikidata names. I'm guessing thats because they are simply >> better quality, better modeled, better referenced and better >protected >> against vandalism. >> >> WDYT? >> >> Cheers >> pangoSE >> Ps I choose this list because this not only relates to tagging, but >to >> the wider ecosystem. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk mailing list >> talk@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
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