[Tagging] Misuse of name tag for route description

[Kevin Kenny]

On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 6:11 AM Markus <selfishseahorse at gmail.com> wrote:
> I agree that the route description (from - to) is not its name. By the
> way, the same problem also affects hiking routes. I must admit that
> i've also misued the name=* tag this way.

Many of the hiking trails around here have formal names that look like
descriptions. Many are named for endpoints, with possible intermediate
waypoints: "Van Hoevenberg Trail to Mount Marcy", "Elk Lake Trail to
Mount Marcy", :Elk Lake to Lilian Brook Trail" "Giant Ledge-Panther
Mountain-Fox Hollow Trail", "Northville-Placid Trail", "Oliverea to
Mapledale Trail", "Ramapo-Dunderberg Trail", "Suffern-Bear Mountain
Trail"  to name just a handful out of dozens, if not hundreds. There
are also trails that are named for their waymarks: "Red Cross Trail",
"Blue Disc Trail" and "White Bar Trail" are the formal names of the
routes.

The published route descriptions at sites like
https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/9150.html include these descriptive
names. In the linked page, 'Long Path,' 'Curtiss-Ormsbee Trail' and
'Burroughs Range Trail' are most likely what you'd consider proper
names, but all the other names merely are taken from the endpoints.

Please don't assume that every name that looks like a description is
simply a stopgap. Obviously, if you know you've misused the
description as the name, fix it, but where the guidebooks and signs
agree that the description is the name, please leave it alone.