<p dir="ltr">There is now a wiki page. I initially added the content of Roland's email. <br>
<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Attic_Data">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Attic_Data</a><br>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sun, Feb 7, 2016, 3:02 AM malenki <<a href="mailto:osm_@malenki.ch">osm_@malenki.ch</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Wed, 03 Feb 2016 22:06:32 +0000,<br>
Dave F wrote:<br>
<br>
> So often I'm put off from delving further into OSM & its uses by the<br>
> confusing nature of it's wiki pages.<br>
><br>
> A simple example:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API/Overpass_QL#Attic_data_.28.22date.22.29" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API/Overpass_QL#Attic_data_.28.22date.22.29</a><br>
><br>
> Why is it headed as 'Attic Data'?<br>
<br>
Obviously because the developer named the feature "Attic Data".<br>
<br>
> Why is there no explanation of it's meaning? After too much time<br>
> using google I find it means old information. Why not say that?<br>
> Wouldn't 'historical snapshot' be a bit clearer?<br>
<br>
A year ago I would liked to have found an explanation of "Attic<br>
Data" too, since the average OSM user knows it from the OSM website as<br>
"history" or "chronic" (German). If the term "history" would at least<br>
have been placed near "Attic Data" I would have found it by full text<br>
searching the wiki page.<br>
I was unable to connect "OSM history" and "Attic Data", even with using<br>
search engines. I had to ask on IRC and as I was told I was looking for<br>
"Attic Data" I thought 'WTF! what a stupid name! Nobody ever will find<br>
that in the wiki'<br>
I've added an explanation by now; hopefully it will be considered<br>
helpful:<br>
<a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Overpass_API/Overpass_QL&diff=1270275&oldid=1262567" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Overpass_API/Overpass_QL&diff=1270275&oldid=1262567</a><br>
<br>
Why didn't you do it? :)<br>
<br>
> Please remember wiki/help pages are mainly read by inexperienced<br>
> users<br>
<br>
Define the "inexperienced user", please.<br>
<br>
I am nearly totally inexperienced in programming but even JOSM has<br>
a built-in interface to query the Overpass API.<br>
With overpass turbo and its wizard you need very little experience of<br>
whatsoever to create a successful query.<br>
<br>
>who aren't fully aware of all the latest hip language (that<br>
> often goes out of fashion 6 months later).<br>
<br>
Well, since this is a name of a feature of a wide- and heavily used<br>
tool I doubt that it is part of a fashion hipster language.<br>
<br>
> Please keep all wiki pages plain & simple.<br>
<br>
You can help doing this, too.<br>
<br>
hth<br>
Thomas<br>
<br>
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