[Tagging] RFC: remove alphanumeric code visible in infoboxes at OSM Wiki linking to Wikidata

[stevea]

On Apr 4, 2022, at 9:41 PM, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
> I no longer think it is worth the trouble, since I have not been able to convince myself that such frustrating work is a "fun hobby"

I never did, but I’ve kept my mouth shut all this time.

> If anyone else finds such tasks fun or rewarding, they can certainly improve links between wikidata and openstreetmap, and this proposal will not prevent that.

Not the best place to be (few will find this rewarding) but not the worst, either (as this will not prevent the noted improvement).

> But I do not think that our wiki pages should be promoting this so strongly by adding a link to every Tag and Key page, even when no data currently exists or when the link often is wrong.

A gigantic +1.  Ever since I saw Wikidata values / links begin to be added as an OSM tag, I have thought “wait, what actually warrants that any of this is true / accurate…?”  Knowing that for that to be true, I must be sucked into the Wikidata world and made to understand it, and conform to it, and I didn’t want to, as I didn’t join OSM to do that, and I don’t think I must, and it is neither fun nor rewarding (directly to me, like OSM mapping already is).  I have no obligation to “manage” or “warrant” Wikidata verifiability, and I don’t plan on starting anytime soon.  So, yeah, there is a fairly fundamental breakdown of the value found in that tagging (in my mind, and I believe others, as well, considering my resonance with Joseph articulating this).