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<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Jan 24, 2022, 20:11 by zelonewolf@gmail.com:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 12:49 PM Florian LAINEZ <<a href="mailto:winnerflo@free.fr" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">winnerflo@free.fr</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class=""><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class=""><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi, I propose to clarify the reasons why a tag is deprecated : <a target="_blank" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/clarify_deprecation_reasons" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/clarify_deprecation_reasons</a><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>When we say "deprecated" in OSM terms, this translates in reality to "described as deprecated in the wiki, perhaps with a recommendation to use a different tagging instead". Sometimes these deprecations come about as changes to the wiki resulting from proposals, and sometimes they are simply the outcome of the wiki gardeners documenting de facto cases of obvious tagging mistakes or taggings that are no longer meaningfully in use.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I am not sure what the problem is that this proposal is trying to solve. If someone wishes to categorize the reasons for which tags become labeled as deprecated on the wiki, that sounds like an academic exercise rather than a topic for proposal and vote.<br></div></div></div></blockquote><div dir="auto">I am also confused why "replace the current reasons listed in the table with a<br></div><div dir="auto">more consistent list" is done as a proposal.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If more consistency/accuracy can be achieved just edit this overtemplated monster<br></div><div dir="auto">(if you can - I failed and ignore that page in my OSM Wiki editing).<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Neither OSM Wiki edit plans nor data items editing plans require or really benefit<br></div><div dir="auto">from a proposal.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">BTW, "never implemented by editors / Q/A tools / renders / routing engines / tools"<br></div><div dir="auto">is not a valid reason for deprecation by itself.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Also, <br></div><div dir="auto"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/clarify_deprecation_reasons#Examples">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/clarify_deprecation_reasons#Examples</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><div>recommends changing some specific explanation by generic vague ones.<br></div><div><br></div><div dir="auto">In particular<br></div><div><br></div><div dir="auto">(1) This tag is confusing. A furnace is a big oven used for melting metals; <br></div><div>some people also applied this tag for shops selling cooking stoves.<br></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">(2) The difference between a condominium and an apartment is purely legal,<br></div><div dir="auto">difficult to verify, and unimportant to OSM.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">seems clearly superior to proposed vague replacements.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">(there are also other problems, like some data item plans for singular reason<br></div><div dir="auto">of deprecation - while typically there are multiple)<br></div> </body>
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