[Tagging] Advice on names for disused/abandoned railways?

[M∡rtin Koppenhoefer]

2010/9/3 Pieren <pieren3 at gmail.com>:
> On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 9:19 AM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> I don't like old_name or old_operator very much, because what do you
>> do with 2, 3 or more old names/operators?
>>
>> For old names it could be name:[1835-1918]=blabla but...
>>
>
> I did not know that OSM means "OpenDataBase". For me, the right question is
> :
> "why do you want to store the whole history of a railroad into OSM ?"


IMHO either you do it, or you don't. If you are using old_name (like
it is suggested and established, e.g. in the wiki) you should specify,
how "old" the name is, This is also applying to streets and maybe
every other feature.

cheers,
Martin