[Tagging] phone validity - phone "preset"

[Lukas Sommer]

It would likely yet help a lot if th editors would simply check if

- the number does not start with “+”
- the number (after the starting “+” sign) contains other characters
then digits, spaces (and maybe dashes).

This is quite simple and could nevertheless catch yet a lot of issues…

2017-09-05 16:51 GMT, marc marc <marc_marc_irc at hotmail.com>:
> Hello,
>
> on the french-speaking mailing, a contributor noticed a high rate
> of incorrect value for the tag "phone". the most common error is using
> the national format number instead of the international format.
>
> A monthly project 'll maybe fix some of those errors.
> Some quality tool can help those fix.
>
> But the best would be to avoid the mistake when a user fill
> in the data in iD, josm or whatever.
>
> Is anyone aware of a kind of "preset" that can be used for phone ?
> Otherwise it would be useful to create with local communities a wiki
> page containing a list of valid prefixes example + 322xxxxxxx is valid,
> +331xxxxxxxx also but 01xxxxxxxx is not valid in France.
> Or using something like https://github.com/googlei18n/libphonenumber/
> https://github.com/googlei18n/libphonenumber/blob/master/FAQ.md#where-do-we-get-information-from-to-determine-if-a-number-range-is-valid
>
> Would it also be useful to put a corrective suggestion?
> for example 01xxxxxxxx #+331xxxxxxxx
>
> Of course, I am not talking about the exact form of the list,
> nor the fact that some countries will have a list,
> while others not.
> nor the difficulty when a poi has several corresponding numbers
> attached several countries.
> I 'm talking about the general guideline.
>
> The aim is not to forbid some values but to allow
> common editor to guide the user to avoid a very common error.
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Lukas Sommer