[Tagging] Nicknames

[Stephan Knauss]

Why not using loc_name for it?

Stephan 



On October 25, 2017 8:08:22 AM GMT+02:00, "Daniel Koć" <daniel at xn--ko-wla.pl> wrote:
>I think it'd be good to add "Big Apple" nickname as a popular (and 
>searchable) kind of placename for a New York:
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>http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/61785451
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>However nicknames are not defined on the wiki nor used too much as 
>"nickname" (just 44 objects):
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>https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/nickname
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>
>The currently stored names (tags without language codes) are:
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>alt_name=New York City
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>name=New York
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>official_name=City of New York
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>short_name=NYC
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>Should we add "nickname" as another standard naming scheme in wiki 
>definition?
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>
>-- 
>"My method is uncertain/ It's a mess but it's working" [F. Apple]
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