[Tagging] Wikipedia

Dave Swarthout daveswarthout at gmail.com
Thu Nov 26 00:49:37 UTC 2015


Thanks Janko. I'm glad I posted my presets. I thought I was doing
everything right but apparently I missed another fine point. I will adjust
my tagging accordingly.

On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 7:46 AM, Janko Mihelić <janjko at gmail.com> wrote:

> Please use "species:wikidata=Q140957".  The wikidata=* tag should be used
> only when the thing you are tagging is exactly, not more or less, the thing
> described in the wiki article. So for example, you can tag the tree Árbol
> del Tule [1]  with wikidata=Q252182 [2] and species:wikidata=Q1429751 [3]
>
> [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81rbol_del_Tule
> [2] https://m.wikidata.org/wiki/Q252182
> [3] https://m.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1429751
>
> čet, 26. stu 2015. 00:14 Dave Swarthout <daveswarthout at gmail.com> je
> napisao:
>
>> Here are the tags I include in my JOSM preset for a species of tree I
>> want to include in OSM.
>>
>>                     <key key="natural" value="tree" />
>>                     <key key="leaf_type" value="broadleaved" />
>>                     <key key="leaf_cycle" value="evergreen" />
>>                     <key key="species" value="Dipterocarpus alatus" />
>>                     <key key="species:en" value="Yang na" />
>>                     <key key="species:th" value="ยางนา" />
>>                     <key key="wikidata" value="Q140957"
>>                     <key key="wikipedia"  value="en:Dipterocarpus_alatus"
>> />
>>                     <text key="height" text="Height (m)" default=""
>> delete_if_empty="true"  />
>>                     <text key="height_trunk" text="Bole Height (m)"
>> default="" delete_if_empty="true"  />
>>                     <text key="circumference" text="Trunk Circ. (m)"
>> default="" delete_if_empty="true"  />
>>                     <text key="diameter_crown" text="Crown Diam. (m)"
>> default="" delete_if_empty="true"  />
>>                     <text key="ref" text="Ref #" default=""
>> delete_if_empty="true"  />
>>
>>
>>
>> My understanding is that the species tag is preferred to hold the Latin
>> or scientific name. The species:en and species:th variants hold the "common
>> name" in English and Thai but I'm sure there is disagreement and variations
>> here as well.
>>
>> Comments?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 3:30 AM, Mateusz Konieczny <matkoniecz at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 25 Nov 2015 21:23:13 +0100
>>> Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > 2015-11-25 19:51 GMT+01:00 Mateusz Konieczny <matkoniecz at gmail.com>:
>>> >
>>> > > In that case that there is no article about this particular tree
>>> > > using wikipedia tag is incorrect. Use wikipedia:species or similar
>>> > > key.
>>> > >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I suggest doing it the other way round (not the species of wikipedia,
>>> > but the wikipedia article for the species), i.e.
>>> > species:wikipedia
>>> >
>>> > it is already done like this btw (in insignificant numbers so far):
>>> > http://taginfo.osm.org/keys/species%3Awikidata
>>>
>>> Yes, you are right (like it is done with brand:wikipedia,
>>> subject:wikipedia etc).
>>>
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>>
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