<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div></div><div><br><div><br><br>Javbw</div>On 14 Sep 2016, at 10:48 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer <<a href="mailto:dieterdreist@gmail.com">dieterdreist@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>the latter two don't make much sense, especially "stage" (you can rarely find a theatre without a stage).<div></div></div></blockquote><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">Yea, but you can find a stage without a theatre, especially in multiuse areas. </div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;"><a href="https://flic.kr/p/M77HbF">https://flic.kr/p/M77HbF</a></div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">I took the picture a few minutes ago. It is the stage in our local park. Our park has a huge grass expanse, many Japanese Elm trees, playground, fountain, bathrooms, sculptures, and a place for kids to play in the water, adjacent to our town's library a and small (indoor) performance hall. It. Also has this purpose-built stage in one corner of the park. It is pretty useless most of the time, besides our running club doing sit-ups on it in the morning. </div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">Every few months, an event is held in the park, using the grass as seating that is a normal park area the rest of the time - like a marathon or a dance contest or other event that uses the stage. There is no structure, seating, landscaping or otherwise in service of being a theatre besides a stage. It is an orphaned stage, an amenity to the park like a bathroom or a playground. On the park map, it is labeled "ステージ" - stage. </div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">I would like a way to tag these "orphaned" stages that pop up in multipurpose areas. I think that, if mapped, these stages would outnumber the Amphitheatres. There are a lot of them. </div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">Contrast this to the outdoor venue in the park in San Diego I linked to that my father uses. It has a 10x5m concrete stage in a natural bowl, with grass and concrete ramps and sidewalks that form seating for about 200, making the area (stage, seating, access ways) useless for anything other than as a small informal venue for park events. Mapping the entire area (the stage, the seating, the trellis around the walkways, and the access walkways) would be a single area - the theatre:type=outdoor (or similar). </div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">But the stage in my park is a mappable structure just by itself. There is no seating or area that should be included, as it is the common grass covered with dogs and elementary students any other day. </div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">That's why I want a "stage" object in some way - whatever tag or subtag is appropriate. </div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">But I hope you see the need for some some kind of "stage only" tag. </div>
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