[Tagging] changing wiki , changing definitions

[Pee Wee]

Just to let you know. I got a reply. The change was more a personal wish
then something that was discussed. He reverted the change so everything is
how it was.

I also received a nice tip on how to follow changes in a wiki you're
interested in. I thought it would be good to share even though it might not
be new to all of you.



*"If you are concerned about a wiki page's integrity, it is advisable to
put it into your watchlist, and then turn on email notifications. You can
put them on your watchlist by clicking on the start on the upper right
corner of the page.*
*You can turn on email notifications by going on your settings page
<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Special:Preferences?uselang=en#mw-prefsection-personal>
and turn on the checkbox "Email me when a page or file on my watchlist is
changed".*

Cheers
PeeWee32


2014-08-20 8:27 GMT+02:00 Pee Wee <piewie32 at gmail.com>:

> Thanks for the comments. I'll play it fair. I've just sent an email to the
> person that changed it even though I find it hard to believe that the next
> sentence was something many mappers would agree on.
> "
> *"Usage in cities*
>
>
> *Barcelona <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Barcelona> and London
> <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/London> also uses this tag for similar
> and practical reasons: in London, the Great West Road
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Mile_%28Brentford%29> in London is
> among a number of trunk roads where it is practically better to use a
> designated cycleway, because of a high speed limit on the main carriageway
> (40 mph or 64 km/h). "*
>
> I'm also thinking of adding a list of countries that do and do not have
> compulsory cycleways. That should hopefully make things clearer.
>
> Cheers
>
> PeeWee32
>
>
>
>
> 2014-08-19 23:29 GMT+02:00 fly <lowflight66 at googlemail.com>:
>
> Am 19.08.2014 10:38, schrieb Frederik Ramm:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > On 08/19/2014 09:04 AM, Pee Wee wrote:
>> >> Sure I could send an email to the person that changed this but what do
>> >> you think is the best way to deal with this changing wiki pages? Or
>> >> should I just accept that these things happen and change it back and
>> >> send an email?
>> >
>> > Well you should certainly *first* find out the motivation behind the
>> > change and *then* think about whether it needs reverting (instead of
>> > first reverting and then asking).
>>
>> Yeah, always play fair, but keep in mind that the edit should have been
>> discussed priorly, too. This way, reverting and then discussing about
>> changes seems to me the right way, otherwise the wrong description is
>> even longer available.
>>
>> > The wiki is a living documentation and not a dead archive of past
>> > discussions. It is quite possible that the use of "bicycle=use_sidepath"
>> > has changed, or is changing, and of course we'd like the wiki to
>> > properly document current practice.
>>
>> This tag is not old enough to have changed already and only for certain
>> situation in countries with compulsory cycleways.
>>
>> cu fly
>>
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