[Tagging] Relevance or otherwise of the wiki

[Gerd Petermann]

I've just updated the english wiki for ford
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:ford#Deprecated_Tags

I learned that most of the text is generated by a macro,
I'd prefer to have my text above the Taginfo block. 
I am not an experienced wiki editor, is that possible?

Gerd

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Von: Andy Townsend <ajt1047 at gmail.com>
Gesendet: Dienstag, 24. November 2015 18:02
An: tagging at openstreetmap.org
Betreff: Re: [Tagging] Relevance or otherwise of the wiki

On 24/11/2015 16:47, Gerd Petermann wrote:
> Gerd Petermann wrote
>> Andy Townsend wrote
>>> On 20/11/2015 18:49, Gerd Petermann wrote:
>>>> What am I getting wrong here? Did someone remove the
>>>> preferred way of tagging from the wiki and nobody noticed
>>>> it for years?
>>>>
>>> It doesn't surprise me that something documented with certainty in the
>>> wiki simply doesn't describe what mappers actually do.  For example, I
>> I think in the case of traffic_calming
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:traffic_calming
>> the current wiki describes exactly what most
>> mappers do, that's why I asked the question you cited.
>> I think the only missing point is the explicit hint that
>> highway=traffic_calming should NOT be used and
>> removed when found similar to the hint for ford
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:ford#Deprecated_Tags
>>
>> Gerd
> Nobody oposed so I'll change the wiki as suggested
> tomorrow.
>
> Gerd
>

I believe that the "highway=ford" text is "wrong" in that it does not
explain why "highway=ford" on a node should not be used.  It also
doesn't explain the good reasons why "highway=ford" shouldn't be used on
a way (because it removes the chance for an informative highway type to
be used).

The wiki gets it wrong when it "tells people how to map". It gets it
right when it "describes how people map" and (even better) explains why.

Cheers,

Andy (SomeoneElse)




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