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On 2012-09-03 21:05, Colin Smale wrote :<br>
<blockquote cite="mid:5044FF89.5020103@xs4all.nl" type="cite">Should
the name=* for a river include the word "River"? Is it
"name=Thames" or "name=River Thames"?
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According to the wiki [1] we should only use "Thames" in this
case. If we consider "River Thames" to be the "full name" we can
put that in full_name or official_name.
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I think that names should be spelled the way people speak them so
that the map reader can speak them too.<br>
"le Wachiboux" (masculine) but "la Semois" and "la Meuse"
(feminine).<br>
Although they are different ruisseau, rivière and fleuve, that word
is never said in a reference.<br>
Same for towns: "Theux" but "la Calamine" to indicate whether the
article must be used.<br>
"Amsterdam" but "Den Haag" ...<br>
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