[Tagging] Proposal to change key:man_made to key:human_made

[Robert Delmenico]

Perhaps the use of man_made could be dropped all together as it is somewhat
superfluous.

Ie. man_made=bridge is the same as bridge=yes

Perhaps all of the existing man_made=[value] tags should be changed to
[value]=yes


Rob

On Tue, 20 Oct 2020, 9:46 am Robert Delmenico, <robert at rtbk.com.au> wrote:

> Please read this article:
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> https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2guides/guides/pep/index-fra.html?lang=fra&page=usage_7_gender_neutral_writing_questions_usage
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> 'Not really, and "man_made" does not mean that it was made by males.'
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> Yes it does. Why would society also use women-made?
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> 'It seems to me that a lot of males like to speak for women on these
> issues.
> Why? Can't they speak for themselves?'
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> Hence why I said who am I to decide!
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> 'Marriam-webster:
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> Definition of man-made
> : manufactured, created, or constructed by human beings'
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> https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/03/not-everything-is-man-made-13-amazing-inventions-you-can-thank-women-for/
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> Should we use the term man-made if it is made entirely by women?
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> Also, check out the translations in the Collins dictionary - what do you
> notice?
> https://www.collinsdictionary.com/amp/english/man-made
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> 'As I mentioned in another email, we do use terms such as midwife.'
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> Midwife actually translates as 'with woman'. The wife part relates to the
> person giving birth.
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> On Tue, 20 Oct 2020, 8:44 am Niels Elgaard Larsen, <elgaard at agol.dk>
> wrote:
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>> Robert Delmenico:
>> >
>> > I originally put the call out really to gauge if there was much
>> interest in changing
>> > the term man_made because of its use of 'man', and was interested in
>> hearing the
>> > thoughts from other mappers as really this proposal isn't just mine. If
>> there was no
>> > interest I would just abandon it and move on - that's how the system
>> works yeah?
>> >
>> > Here's my thoughts based on the feedback received so far
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>> > Regardless of the origin of the term, the current use of 'man' is to
>> identify adult
>> > males.
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>> Not really, and "man_made" does not mean that it was made by males.
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>> > I don't think the use of 'man_made' offends women, but who am I to
>> decide that as I
>> > am a adult male.
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>> It seems to me that a lot of males like to speak for women on these
>> issues.
>> Why? Can't they speak for themselves?
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>> > I feel that by using any masculine or feminine terms where a suitable
>> alternative
>> > exists instills the stereotypes based on these terms.
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>> Marriam-webster:
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>> Definition of man-made
>> : manufactured, created, or constructed by human beings
>> ==
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>> > We don't refer to firefigters as firemen anymore, not do we refer to
>> airline
>> > attendants as airline hostesses. The world is changing and OSM should
>> adapt to these
>> > changes if there is enough interest from the OSM community.
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>> As I mentioned in another email, we do use terms such as midwife.
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>> --
>> Niels Elgaard Larsen
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