[Tagging] Misuse of name tag for route description

[Mateusz Konieczny]

11 May 2019, 19:47 by selfishseahorse at gmail.com:

> On Sat, 11 May 2019 at 17:05, Johnparis <> okosm at johnfreed.com <mailto:okosm at johnfreed.com>> > wrote:
>
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>> For bus routes, at least, there is an established convention for the name tag. I have mapped hundreds of such routes. It is definitely NOT a "misuse".
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> It seems quite popular, but it doesn't agree with how the name=* tag
> is usually used.
>
The problem is that typical use of name tag for public transport routes is a misuse of name tag,
and that using name tag as description is accepted by a proposal.

The question is whatever it requires separate proposal to fix old proposal or is invoking
general rule "name tag is for name, description tag is for description" sufficient.

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