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<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Oct 12, 2022, 11:59 by martianfreeloader@posteo.net:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On 12/10/2022 09:34, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:<br></div><blockquote>we do not need the historic key to be “approved”, it is already there, any definition we put in the wiki should reflect how the tags are actually used. Approving a definition that would make current tagging an “error” if it is completely introduced with many established and undisputed values, is just wasting everybody’s time, even more if the result would lead to “deprecation” of these established tags https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/historic#values <https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/historic#values><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>So then what's the point of approving tags anyways?<br></div></blockquote><div dir="auto">main point would be review of tagging that can be still redefined as<br></div><div dir="auto">only few objects were mapped<br></div><div dir="auto">this benefit is lost for tags already widely used which cannot be redefined<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">another benefit is confirming that some specific tagging is liked by<br></div><div dir="auto">community - but for very popular tags this is pointless<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">whether deprecations are beneficial and how helpful are proposals here<br></div><div dir="auto">is an interesting topic, but it anyway does not apply here<br></div> </body>
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