[Tagging] name:zh-yue

Bryan Housel bryan at 7thposition.com
Sun Nov 27 14:18:58 UTC 2016


> On Nov 27, 2016, at 5:28 AM, jc86035 <jc86035 at openmailbox.org> wrote:
> 
> Should a separate bug be filed to fix iD before your fix to use CLDR is
> implemented,

No need to file a separate bug..



> and would it be a good idea to go through all of the
> objects using name:zh-yue=* (via overpass turbo) and replace the tag
> with name:yue=*?

Sounds like a good idea to me (and I wish there were more enthusiasm within OSM for cleaning up tags), but please check with the local community before doing a mass tag change like that.

Thanks, Bryan





> jc86035
> 
> Bryan Housel:
>> Worth mentioning here that iD might be doing the wrong thing:
>> https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues/2457 <https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues/2457> <https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues/2457 <https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues/2457>>
>> 
>> We are using wikimedia as our source for languages, which is where the "zh-yue" came from.
>> As mentioned in the ticket, I’m planning to switch this to a more proper language list.
>> CLDR has: https://github.com/unicode-cldr/cldr-core/blob/master/availableLocales.json <https://github.com/unicode-cldr/cldr-core/blob/master/availableLocales.json> <https://github.com/unicode-cldr/cldr-core/blob/master/availableLocales.json <https://github.com/unicode-cldr/cldr-core/blob/master/availableLocales.json>>
>> 
>> So `name:zh` and `name:yue` are probably both valid language codes, and `name:zh-yue` probably is not.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Bryan
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Nov 24, 2016, at 8:53 AM, jc86035 <jc86035 at openmailbox.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Mostly in Hong Kong, some places with Cantonese names use name:yue=*,
>>> whereas others use name:zh-yue=* (which is supported by iD). Should
>>> those objects using the former be changed to use the latter? (In
>>> addition, should those objects with name:zh-yue=* same as name:zh=* have
>>> name:zh-yue=* deleted?)
>>> 
>>> jc86035
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