[Tagging] amenity=hospital on things that are not hospitals - is it a good idea?

Mateusz Konieczny matkoniecz at tutanota.com
Mon Oct 28 20:12:05 UTC 2019




28 Oct 2019, 18:29 by pla16021 at gmail.com:

> On Mon, 28 Oct 2019 at 17:17, Kevin Kenny <> kevin.b.kenny at gmail.com <mailto:kevin.b.kenny at gmail.com>> > wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 10:54 AM Tom Pfeifer <>> t.pfeifer at computer.org <mailto:t.pfeifer at computer.org>>> > wrote:
>>  > >>> type=destination_sign + amenity=hospital"
>>  > >>> >> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relation:destination_sign <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relation:destination_sign>
>>  
>>  I concur with all those who said this is a horrible idea.
>>
>
> So far I've resisted the temptation to agree this is a horrible idea because it so obviously is
> a horrible idea that I'd just be adding noise to the list.  I've seen nobody say that it's not a
> horrible idea.  There's only one person who might disagree with changing the wiki and the
> overwhelming consensus is against him/her.  So somebody please fix the wiki. 
>
This idea is removed from wiki, vote page was also fixed (it was misleadingly described as
approved in vote - based on a very creative vote counting).

Thanks to Polarbear - see
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Relation:destination_sign&diff=1917489&oldid=1797734 <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Relation:destination_sign&diff=1917489&oldid=1797734>
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Relations/Proposed/Destination_Signs&diff=1917486&oldid=437212 <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Relations/Proposed/Destination_Signs&diff=1917486&oldid=437212>

I also edited later metadata in proposal and on page to remove incorrect "approved" status.

Thanks to all comments.
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