[Tagging] Fwd: Lifecycle of rail

[stevea]

This IS somewhat confusing.  To further the tenet we have that "definitive 'how-to-tag' guidelines be located at ONE sensible place in our wiki," what I suggest we consider is that the entire section of

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:construction#Railways
(with its pretty table and all)

be moved (with a notation there to "See..." or "Main article..." with a link to below) to

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Railways

as a newly titled section called "Construction" (between "Stations and stops" and "Life-cycle").

Additionally, there is the issue of whether we need to or might also explicitly tag access=no on rail (we don't seem to need to do this for highways, and it is widely understood that railway right-of-way is closed to public access).  That can be addressed in the new (-ly moved) wiki section, if it needs to be.

Finally, whether and how we address the topic of "railway lifecycle prefixing" in the very next section ("Life-cycle") of the same wiki, where it makes a good deal of sense for one to follow the other like that.

Then, the Discussion can be taken to that latter wiki and/or its Discussion page.