[Tagging] feature Proposal - Voting - settlement_type=crannog

[martianfreeloader]

I agree, I wouldn't do this. -- But I've just voted before reading 
Nathan's mail. Can I revert my vote?


On 07/10/2022 10:47, Nathan Case wrote:
> Hi Anne,
> 
> I don't have any objections about the tag specifically. But proposals 
> like this do raise an interesting question.
> 
> Your proposal is for a specific value. However, the key itself 
> "settlement_type" (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:site_type) is 
> only "in use". Further, the parent tag to this is "site_type=settlement" 
> and both key and value are only "in use". The parent tag to that 
> "historic=archaeological_site" is de facto.
> 
> If this particular (and likely quite low usage, by your own admission) 
> tag is approved, what does that do to the complete tag hierarchy? Does 
> everything in the hierarchy become approved too?
> 
> Is that appropriate - to set an approved status of a much more widely 
> used hierarchy based on one (assumed to be) low-usage tag proposal? Do 
> voters read up on the whole hierarchy when voting on a specific tag (if 
> that hierarchy hasn't previously been approved)? Should they?
> 
> If it's not appropriate then we end up in the situation where parent 
> keys aren't approved but child keys/values are - which seems a little 
> odd. I note this situation has arisen previously (e.g. 
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/holy_well but 
> place_of_worship=* as a key is still just "in use") but I'm not sure 
> we've ever decided the ramifications of them.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Nathan
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 07/10/2022 08:11, Anne-Karoline Distel wrote:
>> Voting has started on the crannog proposal:
>>
>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/crannog
>>
>> There was only one comment during the fortnight of discussion, so it
>> should be fairly forward. I know there are a lot of discussions about
>> more important tags going on at the moment, but maybe you can find a 
>> minute.
>>
>> Anne
>>
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