[OSM-dev] proposal for mechanical edit reg. power_source + generator:source

[Simon Poole]

I would have thought that it is obvious, but perhaps not. This
discussion clearly belongs on the tagging mailing list and not here.

Simon

Am 13.10.2015 um 22:25 schrieb François Lacombe:
>
> (Sent from phone)
>
> Hi Gerd,
>
> Such an edit can improve data consistency and your idea sounds good.
>
> As a member of the team who supported the power refinement proposal
> including the generator: source key, I just warn regarding the
> generator value which was used instead of power=plant.
> Power_source or generator:source should be used on devices which are
> generating power.
> May we can take advantage of such an edit to move this information on
> devices instead on buildings or sites ?
>
> All the best
>
> François
>
> Le 13 oct. 2015 9:32 PM, "Frederik Ramm" <frederik at remote.org
> <mailto:frederik at remote.org>> a écrit :
>
>     Hi,
>
>     On 10/13/2015 08:10 PM, Gerd Petermann wrote:
>     > my motivation is simple:
>     > JOSM claims that the old tag should not be used,
>     > the wiki is also clear:
>     > "Use generator:source
>     > <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:generator:source>=*instead."
>
>     Yes, but JOSM presets and Wiki pages are not made by the community
>     as a
>     whole, and can never serve as a reason for running a mechanical
>     edit. It
>     requires only a very small number of people to devise a silly
>     preset or
>     "vote" a tag to be deprecated; this absolutely must not lead to others
>     mass-editing OSM according to the wishes of that minority.
>
>     > I assume that I am not the only JOSM user who is wasting
>     > time looking at these obsolete tags,
>
>     In that case, a change in JOSM would be the best solution.
>
>     Bye
>     Frederik
>
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