[Potlatch-dev] "Designation" tag on most map features

[Richard Fairhurst]

Steve Bennett wrote:
> Looking at the voting page (huge string of oppose votes) and the
> discussion on the Tagging list (3-4 March 2011), it looks like there
> are some pretty serious issues with it.

s/pretty serious issues with it/idiots on the wiki/

 From the P2 wiki docs:

> The UI of the openstreetmap.org instance is rigorously edited by the
> developers to avoid bloat and cruft, and the subset of tags presented
> is part of this. Decisions will be made on existing usage, on
> "fulfilling a need", and on quality.

And from the Proposed Features wiki page:

> Please note: The approval, or otherwise, of a proposal means simply
> that it is documented on this wiki as such. It does not have any
> implications for those tools which use and generate OSM data, such
> as the Mapnik and Osmarender renderings or editor presets (for
> example, Potlatch presets are expressly chosen without reference to
> vote results).

In other words, wikifiddling is not an important criterion in whether a 
tag is included. My decision as P2 maintainer is that designation= is an 
appropriate tag in this place, that's why I put it there and that's why 
it will remain there.

cheers
Richard