[Tagging] Nicknames

[Paul Johnson]

I suspect a nickname tag would be too subjective.  Manhattan, KS has the
same nickname.  But I don't think too many locals, either in NYC or
Manhattan, KS regularly call it that outside of fond hyperbole or tourism
pitch.

Plus, there's a lot of places that have just way, way too many nicknames.
I'm pretty sure I know more nicknames for Portland than some languages
rooted in arctic regions have words for differing kinds of winter
precipitation.

On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 2:18 AM, Stephan Knauss <osm at stephans-server.de>
wrote:

> Why not using loc_name for it?
>
> 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:
>>
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/61785451
>>
>>
>> However nicknames are not defined on the wiki nor used too much as
>> "nickname" (just 44 objects):
>>
>> https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/nickname
>>
>>
>> The currently stored names (tags without language codes) are:
>>
>> alt_name=New York City
>>
>> name=New York
>>
>> official_name=City of New York
>>
>> short_name=NYC
>>
>>
>> Should we add "nickname" as another standard naming scheme in wiki
>> definition?
>>
>>
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