[Tagging] Proposal: "slogan" tag. Opinions?

[Dave Swarthout]

>From my understanding it would open even more the door to advertising and
I don't see any added value from a map point of view (no usefull data for
the user).

+1
I agree totally.

On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 2:33 PM, David Fox <davefoxfac63 at btinternet.com>
wrote:

> Many company names are trademarked, yet included in OSM.
>
> That said, I'm uncertain of any benefits of a 'slogan' tag.
>
>
> On 19 September 2017, at 08:19, Tod Fitch <tod at fitchdesign.com> wrote:
>
>
> It is my understanding that corporate slogans are usually trademarked and
> written permission is required to use or reproduce them.
>
> I think that would rule them out as acceptable items to include in OSM.
>
>
> On September 19, 2017 12:13:21 AM PDT, SwiftFast <swiftfast at gmx.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> The slogan tag would contain a company/organization's slogan or motto.
>> It is human-readable, similar to the "description"[1] tag. Multiple
>> languages are allowed with the "slogan:lang" format, just like
>> descriptions and names.
>>
>> Example usage:
>> brand=McDonald's
>> slogan=I'm Lovin' it
>>
>> [1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/key:description
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