<div dir="auto">It's probably not good form to describe a hall of residence as a dormitory (more a US term for university accomodation) but there are examples where it may be acceptable, such as residential outdoor activity centres where parties stay a few nights in the accomodation: <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/272759531">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/272759531</a><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If institutions such as Youth Hostels have separate blocks for this shared sleeping accomodation function then it's hard to argue against building=dormitory.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards,</div><div dir="auto">_Paul_</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 6 Feb 2023, 22:23 ael via Talk-GB, <<a href="mailto:talk-gb@openstreetmap.org">talk-gb@openstreetmap.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Mon, Feb 06, 2023 at 09:38:18PM +0000, nathuary via Talk-GB wrote:<br>
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> Perhaps notably this revision was by [Adamant1](<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Adamant1" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Adamant1</a>), who I'm vaguely aware seems to attract regular controversy.<br>
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> The status of building=hall_of_residence has also been changed from in use to obsolete in this revision <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Tag:building%3Dhall_of_residence&oldid=2464093" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Tag:building%3Dhall_of_residence&oldid=2464093</a>.<br>
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> Given the lack of discussion beforehand (as far as I'm aware), should these changesets and wiki edits be reverted?<br>
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My personal opinion: most definitely. Building=domitory makes no sense<br>
in the UK.<br>
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