[Tagging] Cycling infrastructure routes (was Re: cyclist profiles - was:Feature Proposal - RFC - value 'basic_network' - cycle_network?)

[Mateusz Konieczny]

I created
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/DE_talk:Tag:highway%3Dcycleway#Specify_that_bicycle_exclusivity_is_German_specific
requesting fixing of this page to prevent future misunderstandings.

Dec 13, 2021, 00:21 by ajt1047 at gmail.com:

> On 12/12/2021 21:32, Volker Schmidt wrote:
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>> Have a look at the highway=cycleway wiki page. That is my reference.
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> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dcycleway most definitely disagrees with your earlier statement "A cycleway in OSM speak is road for exclusive use by cyclists".  It actually says "Different countries have their own rules as to whether foot access is allowed by default on cycleways", which I believe is correct.
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> I suspect that you may be reading https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/DE:Tag:highway%3Dcycleway (machine translation - https://wiki-openstreetmap-org.translate.goog/wiki/DE:Tag:highway%3Dcycleway?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB ) which says in translation "Since no other road users are usually allowed, any signposted exceptions must be explicitly stated".
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> I suspect that the German-language page is correct if it is presumed only to apply to cycleways in Germany and other countries with similar rules, but the English-language page is "more correct" in saying that access rules vary internationally.  It's not the first time where different language pages in OSM's wiki disagree with each other, and I'm sure it won't be the last.
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> To paraphrase the old joke, it's a mistake to use the OSM wiki like a drunk uses a lamppost - for support rather than illumination.
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> Best Regards,
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> Andy
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