[Tagging] tag proposal for soft play centres

Dominic Hosler dominichosler at gmail.com
Mon Nov 4 13:07:07 UTC 2013


Hi everyone,
It has been almost two weeks and the discussion seems to have died down.
How long should it be left, before initiating a vote, and how long
should a vote last on the proposal?
This is the relevant wiki page:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Indoor_play
Thanks,
Dom

On 24 October 2013 14:23, Jonathan <bigfatfrog67 at gmail.com> wrote:
> That's definitely better but I would make the description more generic, such
> as "An indoor area for children to play" and then make the padded aspects,
> cafe etc sub tags that can be added.  The indoor_play tag should be able to
> be used by those in other countries who have similar facilities but minus
> the padding or cafe.  The tage of indoor_play needs to be the umbrella tag.
>
> Jonathan
>
> http://bigfatfrog67.me
>
>
> On 24/10/2013 12:13, Dominic Hosler wrote:
>>
>> Thanks, I feel a bit silly now, I didn't look hard enough.
>> New page is at:
>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Indoor_play
>> for anyone wanting another look.
>> Thanks,
>> Dom
>>
>>
>> On 24 October 2013 12:04, Matthijs Melissen <info at matthijsmelissen.nl>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Use the arrow down button on the upper right (next to the Search box)
>>> and choose 'Move'.
>>>
>>> -- Matthijs
>>>
>>> On 24 October 2013 12:59, Dominic Hosler <dominichosler at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have updated the page to indoor play, but I don't know how to
>>>> actually change the title of the page?
>>>>
>>>> Do I need to just delete that one and create a new proposal called
>>>> Indoor play?
>>>> Putting a note in the discussion that it has been migrated from the
>>>> previous soft play proposal?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Dom
>>>>
>>>> On 23 October 2013 20:51, Dominic Hosler <dominichosler at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I agree we should move away from the trademarked title 'soft_play'.
>>>>> Perhaps
>>>>> if we keep the proposal and change the name of the tag to indoor_play,
>>>>> to
>>>>> include other types as well, as per brad's suggestion. We should also
>>>>> include sub tag qualifiers to specify if it's soft play and for what
>>>>> ages
>>>>> it's designed. I think it would be most appropriate to use indoor play
>>>>> considering its catch all nature and the fact that it is already used
>>>>> by a
>>>>> couple of websites.
>>>>>
>>>>> I will update the proposal and fill in the definition area, I must have
>>>>> just
>>>>> missed it. However, I won't update it till tomorrow because I only have
>>>>> my
>>>>> phone until then.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Dom
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Jonathan <bigfatfrog67 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I agree, we need to choose a term that is more generic, maybe
>>>>>> leisure=childrens_adventure or kids_play or kids_amusement.  There can
>>>>>> always be a sub tag defining soft_play?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Especially considering that a lot of softplay areas are now included
>>>>>> among
>>>>>> other internal children's play features? Softplay is just one bit.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jonathan
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://bigfatfrog67.me
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 23/10/2013 17:47, Brad Neuhauser wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Instead of "soft play", what about "indoor play" (or indoor play
>>>>>> area/centre)?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1) it seems to be used as a catch all sometimes, even in the UK (ie -
>>>>>> http://www.timeout.com/london/events/indoor-play-centres-in-london or
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/things-to-do-family/Northampton/Indoor-Play-Areas)
>>>>>> 2) it is broad enough to cover all of these sort of places, since some
>>>>>> indoor play areas may only have some actual "soft play" equipment
>>>>>> meant for
>>>>>> younger kids/toddlers  (or, if you are only meaning the actual areas
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> have the soft play equipment, then that might be different)
>>>>>> 3) it might make more sense for those outside the UK who don't use the
>>>>>> term "soft play" much
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Brad
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 8:38 AM, Dominic Hosler
>>>>>> <dominichosler at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Due to child protection, you are generally not allowed to take
>>>>>>> pictures inside the soft-play centres. Also, any official pictures
>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>> copyrighted.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In the proposal, I linked to a few websites of some soft play
>>>>>>> centres,
>>>>>>> where they have pictures, I hoped this would be fine.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Soft play is as Jonathan said, padding not inflatables.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Dom
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 23 October 2013 14:31, Jonathan Bennett <jonobennett at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 23/10/2013 14:26, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Would they qualify as soft play?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> No, that's a bouncy castle. Soft play is padding, not inflatables.
>>>>>>>>
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