[Tagging] motorcycle:scale

[Warin]

On 04/02/19 18:51, Frederik Ramm wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On 04.02.19 00:07, Christoph Hormann wrote:
>> Just to avoid misunderstandings - it is in principle completely all
>> right to invent tags and document them on tag/key pages without
>> creating a proposal.
> * invent keys - ok
>
> * document widely used/established keys that never went through a
> proposal process - ok
>
> * invent keys and document them as if they were widely used or
> established - questionable

I have documented some tags that have little use.

There is usually a link to taginfo to give the amount of use.

And there is a status value.
If I am making a new page/tag I leave this blank - little use and not approved.

Far better to document it than to leave open the question what is meant by a new tag such as 'man_made=clearcut' or 'landuse=logging'.

>
> * the whole thing done by someone who has in the past unilaterally
> documented their personal preferred tagging on the wiki, then made
> mechanical edits to push it through, and when challenged in changeset
> comments, cited the wiki pages they had edited themselves as an
> authority - ...

Very circular. I do try to encourage others to consider tags, both new and old,
and select the best fit not based on use nor status but what they are trying to map with what the tag represents.
Push my ideas is done though lists, though it is usually more along the lines of 'tags for this thing,
I think landuse=forestry ?' and then the discussion starts.

We are a collection of individuals .. there will be outliers all over the place.