[Tagging] "Neutral" language for objects in international areas

[Warin]

+ 1 with Stephan
The name= tag should be the local language.
If there is no local language then there should be no name= tag, to do 
other wise implies the local language is that of the named value. /


/On 07-Apr-17 04:05 PM, Vao Matua wrote:
> I would suggest that in addition to the specific language tags 
> (name:[]=) that the name= tag follow the multilingual convention 
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Multilingual_names
>
> Esperanto / English / French / other
>
> On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 3:28 AM, Stephan Knauss <osm at stephans-server.de 
> <mailto:osm at stephans-server.de>> wrote:
>
>     Use name:en for English, name:fr for French and so on. No "name" tag.
>
>     Map renderer will pick up the right one. See the map of
>     openstreetmap.de <http://openstreetmap.de> on how this can be done.
>
>     Stephan
>
>
>     On April 7, 2017 3:26:15 AM GMT+07:00, "Nelson A. de Oliveira"
>     <naoliv at gmail.com <mailto:naoliv at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         Which is the most appropiated/neutral language for international
>         objects? (outside countries, in ocean, etc)
>
>         For example:https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/47301187
>         <https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/47301187>
>
>         When I first created the Point Nemo
>         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_of_inaccessibility#Oceanic_pole_of_inaccessibility
>         <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_of_inaccessibility#Oceanic_pole_of_inaccessibility>
>         object I left it with name and alt_name in English (as I considered it
>         "neutral"/international enough).
>
>         But then it was changed to Esperanto (in the above changeset).
>
>         While I like and believe in Esperanto, somehow I think that it's not
>         the most appropriated language there.
>         Somebody could even argue that Interlingua
>         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlingua
>         <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlingua>  is as valid as Esperanto,
>         for example, and start changing such objects.
>
>
>         So what should we use for such cases, please?
>
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