[Tagging] wikipedia links and copy + paste in tag definitions

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

On 04/29/2017 10:26 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> A lot of tag definitions sooner or later get a wikipedia link to an article

I wouldn't worry too much.

A Wikipedia link is an optional component that can be added to a tag
description to someone who knows what the tag is about. If the Wikipedia
article should later deviate from the meaning of the tag, someone else
is free to remove the link; it is by no means a requirement to have a
wikipedia link. We can utilize them where useful, and not use them (or
remove them) where they are misleading.

> Please do not do it. Don't link to WP, especially not in the beginning

I'd certainly be against anyone systematically adding Wikipedia links to
all our tag articles (unless that person has a solid OSM background and
carefully examines each situation in order not to fall for false friends
like your "castle" example).

But if you write a tag definition and a Wikipedia link comes in handy,
why not.

Certainly the definitive authority on what tags we use for what will
always have to be in OSM and not in some external medium but the
occasional Wikipedia link doesn't ruin that.

Bye
Frederik

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