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<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Apr 6, 2022, 01:59 by tagging@openstreetmap.org:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div>Mateusz,<br></div><div><br></div><div>>well, that is probably because someone based wiki page on Wikipedia page rather than actual use of the tag (it is a common mistake)<br></div><div><br></div><div>So, should the common use in OSM be what is documented in the wiki? <br></div><div><br></div><div>Most objects tagged with man_made=communications_tower do not match the meaning on the OSM wiki, (speaking from experience) but should we change the wiki documentation because of this?<br></div></blockquote><div dir="auto">Depends on situation and opinion of community:<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">- for example if "most" is result of broken import, or single mapper:<br></div><div dir="auto">then it definitely should be repaired and wiki not chnaged<br></div><div dir="auto">- if community agrees that this tagging is wrong - it should be fixed<br></div><div dir="auto">- if there is no agreement for changing: then wiki is wrong and should be fixed<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">(I am unfamiliar with this specific case, but in general OSM Wiki describes actual usage,<br></div><div dir="auto">there are some cases where actual use changed, diverged from intended or<br></div><div dir="auto">contradicts tag name)<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">So if primary usage of man_made=communications_tower disagrees with wiki, we<br></div><div dir="auto">should change it. But it is not the same "majority of tagged <br></div><div dir="auto">man_made=communications_tower objects"<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div> </body>
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