[Tagging] is the wiki descriptive or prescriptive?

[Mateusz Konieczny]

Nov 17, 2021, 14:35 by ajt1047 at gmail.com:

> On 17/11/2021 09:43, Colin Smale wrote:
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>> It's not about local knowledge, it's about *independent* verifiability. The memory, perception or opinion of a local mapper/resident may conflict with more definitive sources (e.g. Governments)
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> We need to be careful here, otherwise OSM will contain the equivalent of "we've always been at war with Eastasia" *
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> Governments of all political stripes (democracies included) regularly tell half-truths and outright lies, including lies that are incompatible with the lies that other governments are telling.
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It also includes not just lies but confusion and simply bad data.
Malformed address data, malformed street names, bogus building classification etc etc.

Sometimes weird mix of that like claiming that dried-out river is still flowing.

If "definitive source" conflicts with actual reality it definitely should be disregarded.

(with some exception like cases of mapping legal state, for example right-of-way in
UK are actually defined by government maps. As I understand, if path with right of
way is misplaced on authoritative map then right of map is where it is marked on
the map even if path never existed there.)
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