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electrification=no means it is non-electrified track (usualy operated by diesel trains, but steam or these days battery is also possible). Removing that tag means it is not known if the track is electrified or not.
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If the discussion is to remove electrification=no and replace it with electrification=unknown on tracks that currently have no electrification tag, then I don't think that would be a good idea. Sure, an indication whether or not the electrification is surveyed would be useful, but removing the information when you know the status is not useful.
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It would be the same as adding "maxspeed=unknown" to all ways without a maxspeed tag or "opening_hours=unknown" to all shops without an opening_hours tag.
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Regards,
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Maarten
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Op 22-02-2022 22:30 schreef Pierre Béland via talk <talk@openstreetmap.org>:
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I was told by a contributor in a private message to not remove electrification=no tags on railways because they are necessary for OpenRailwayMap Style to report Electrification status coloring ways based on electrification tag.
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What to think about that. Would it be possible simply for such Style to report as electrification=no and not electrification=unknown when this tag does not appear ?
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