[Tagging] Populated settlement classification

[Iago Casabiell]

Exactly, so how do we solve this?

There are comments in the wiki suggesting to create new tags, like
place=big_hamlet, place=small_town, etc. But as jeisenbe pointed out, it's
already complicated enough. Basing the classification solely on population
would make the tag:population redundant.

There's no clear rule or algorithm to tag a settlement of 600 inhabitants,
is it a place=hamlet, a place=village? Who knows ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

This is why i'm trying to get as many people as posible to join the debate.

I think we should build a default algorithm, reflect the actual use in
differnt regions of the world, and recommend to transition to the default
algorithm. But let's hear what everyone has to say, the actual situation is
chaotic.
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