[Tagging] [OSM-talk] [Talk-us] plea for bot quality control

[Steve Bennett]

> While it is certainly possible to provide such a file and certainly
> possible for editors to support it, I am 99% sure that no sane editor
> will limit itself to tags that have gone through one approval process or
> the other.

I think having a properly managed repository of tags, integrated with
editor tools is a great idea. I don't think any editor would prevent a
user using a specific, "unapproved" tag if they wanted to, but the
idea is to guide them towards the standard tags first. The vast
proliferation of different tags is primarily caused by ignorance, not
volition: it's simply not that easy to know what tags you *should* be
using.

>
>> Obviously, the file would need to be kept centralized and only be
>> writable by a limited number of people.
>
> No, that is not at all obivous. If you intend to create a file that has
> a certain "authority" and writability only for a select elite then I can
> assure you that it will be sidelined.

I second the idea that the centralised list doesn't need to be locked
down. Maybe if there are problems, but probably better to get as many
hands as possible first.

Steve