[Potlatch-dev] [OpenStreetMap] #3533: Misleading presets

[OpenStreetMap]

#3533: Misleading presets
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  Reporter:  kimaidou   |       Owner:  potlatch-dev@…                
      Type:  defect     |      Status:  closed                        
  Priority:  minor      |   Milestone:                                
 Component:  potlatch2  |     Version:                                
Resolution:  wontfix    |    Keywords:  misleading preset tags        
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Comment(by kimaidou):

 Hi Richard. First I want to apologize if my post on osm-talk/fr sounds as
 "whipping up a lynch mob on talk-fr". It is clearly not the case. If the
 title is a little bit too much, when your read my message, you see that I
 clearly diagree with closing this ticket, but I do not ask for lynch, but
 explain my opinion and ask for help. In this message, I tried to say "this
 is what I personnaly think", not "the dev is a noob", with moderation.

 Now, I quite agree there is a pbm in "deciding" what is the "right" way of
 tagging. Sometimes the wiki is well documented and the result of a
 conciliation, sometimes only one person decided to change some tag. So you
 are right : the wiki is not gold.

 Let me make a proposal (while not reopen this ticket) : I think you have a
 great opportunity to help novices (and more advanced users) to learn what
 is underneath OSM = the tag. Why not add a small popup on hover for the
 presest to tell the user what tags will be used ? This way we will know
 what p2 is doing, and it won't lead to misunderstanding.

 Sorry if I misunderstand your arguments, but I am just not confortable
 with this kind of sentence in opensource community : "If you are concerned
 with the actual tags used, you should use the Advanced view, or JOSM." .
 It is a bit rough.

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