[Tagging] is the wiki descriptive or prescriptive?

[Mateusz Konieczny]

Nov 17, 2021, 09:28 by minh at nguyen.cincinnati.oh.us:

> Vào lúc 09:37 2021-11-16, Christoph Hormann đã viết:
>
>> The way you formulate your question: "Is the wiki descriptive or
>> prescriptive?" is already part of the problem.  My answer to that
>> question would be:  The wiki is neither because there is no consensus
>> on what it *should* be.
>>
>
> I'd contend that it's an unholy mix of both. What is OSM if not inconsistent?
>
+1

On one hand anyone is allowed to use any tags and obeying OSM wiki is not needed
and edits clearly contrary to actual use are reverted.

On the other hand there is quite clear consensus that we map supermarkets
as shop=supermarket and it is fine to authoritatively state this.

>  I suspect we'd see a little less controversy and indecision about the particulars of tag spelling if the article naming convention were structured around preset names instead.
>
+1
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