<div dir="ltr">On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Paul Norman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:penorman@mac.com" target="_blank">penorman@mac.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">> From: Bryce Nesbitt [mailto:<a href="mailto:bryce2@obviously.com">bryce2@obviously.com</a>]<br>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 9:52 PM<br>
> To: Imports OpenStreetMap.org<br>
> Subject: [Imports] Add to discard ist : more tiger tags<br>
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> Since the discussion is open about deleting GNIS tags, could<br>
> we also add to the list more tiger tags? Specifically:<br>
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You've listed a great number of tags, some of which occur only 4 times in the planet. You've given no reasons for why on the tags.</blockquote><div><br></div><div style>The same reason as the GNIS tags, which is clutter.</div>
<div style>Both the tiger and gnis tags are essentially harmless if left in place. </div><div style>I've not heard any claims of <i>active</i> harm.</div><div style><br></div><div style>--------------------------------</div>
<div style>The point in looking at little used tags is just to confirm that the entire tiger:* namespace,</div><div style>save a few select items, is clutter. I manually delete these tags after a quick visual look</div>
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(except tiger:cfcc and perhaps tiger:tlid), and I suspect many mappers do the same.</div><div style>The editors could blacklist tiger:* with exceptions.</div><div style><br></div><div style>For tiger:county I'd like to see a better tool, but acknowledge it is handy now.</div>
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