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<p>Richard, you are entirely forgiven. Thanks for your contributions. I had to look up "<span>Golgafrincham B Ark" but unfortunately I can see your point... </span></p>
<p>Have a good weekend</p>
<p>Colin</p>
<p>On 2015-10-30 14:55, Richard Fairhurst wrote:</p>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace">Colin Smale wrote:
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<br /> No.<br /><br />
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<br /> They're not expressly "taken elsewhere". Generally, good practice in OSM -<br /> whether in tagging, development, or whatever - _evolves_ from clued-up<br /> people doing things well, documenting what they do, and others adopting<br /> these practices. Endless tagging debates on this list and the wiki don't<br /> help this process, and often hinder it by replacing this natural selection<br /> process with arbitrary mechanisms such as voting.<br /><br /> In other words, tagging@ and the wiki are the Golgafrincham B Ark of OSM.<br /><br /> You'll forgive me for not answering the remainder of the six questions but<br /> it's Friday and I too am now losing the will to live. :|<br /><br /> Richard<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> --<br /> View this message in context: <a href="http://gis.19327.n5.nabble.com/More-human-readable-values-for-traffic-signs-tp5857897p5858331.html">http://gis.19327.n5.nabble.com/More-human-readable-values-for-traffic-signs-tp5857897p5858331.html</a><br /> Sent from the Tagging mailing list archive at Nabble.com.<br /><br /> _______________________________________________<br /> Tagging mailing list<br /><a href="mailto:Tagging@openstreetmap.org">Tagging@openstreetmap.org</a><br /><a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging</a></div>
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