[Tagging] URL tracking parameters

[Andy Townsend]

On 25/02/2020 10:16, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 25.02.20 11:08, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
>> Frederik Ramm wrote:
>>> Since OSM is not the place for marketing, I would in these
>>> situations remove the whole POI, and not just the tracking
>>> parameters.
>> ¿Que? You'd remove an entire hotel from the map because... ok, I'm having
>> trouble finishing that sentence: because what exactly?
> I'd remove things from OSM that have been clearly added as part of an
> advertising campaign, because that means the information is not
> trustworthy. The purpose of an advertising campaign is not to provide
> unbiased, factual information, hence OSM cannot be the vehicle for an
> advertising campaign.
>
Having communicated with "Hilton Hotels" in the past, I get the 
impression that they're just trying to "keep OSM up to date". They're 
not adding "marketing crap" in fields such as "description".  I also 
don't get the impression that there are a huge army of people updating 
OSM from their end either - it appeared to me like there was essentially 
just one person.

Using "website:" rather than "website" just looks like cockup rather 
than conspiracy.  I have no idea where the "?" parameter came from, but 
given that they don't similar tag links from twitter (that just goes to 
https://doubletree3.hilton.com/en/hotels/united-kingdom/doubletree-by-hilton-hotel-london-kingston-up 
) that might just be cockup also - copying a link from an internal URL 
that had that appended.

Best Regards,

Andy