[Tagging] [Voting] Feature Proposal - Barbers (hairdresser=barber)

[Nathan Case]

Hi all,

Voting has started for Barbers (hairdresser=barber): https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposal:Barbers

<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposal:Barbers>

  * [RFC] Barbers (hairdresser=barber) <https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/rfc-barbers-hairdresser-barber/108824>
  * Previous community discussion <https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/tagging-of-barbers-barbershops/107657>

As noted in the Community Forum <https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/voting-barber-hairdresser-barber/109772> voting announcement, the main objections raised in the RFC were:

  *

    *We don’t have barbers in X location:*
    It is clear that in some locations, the concept of a barbers does not exist or is not well understood. Whilst I do think we should try to make tags as understandable as possible to mappers, it seems that if the concept of a barbers doesn’t exist in X location, then it simply doesn’t need to be used in that location.

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    *male=yes is good enough*
    Although documented as an access restriction, it is clear that |male=*| is not always used as such and is instead sometimes used as a more generic descriptor. However, I still believe explicit tagging is better than relying on gender tags.

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    *Use a different tagging scheme*
    Some suggest using a different tagging scheme (e.g., |barbers=yes/no/only|). I understand the rationale and I don’t think there is a right or wrong way, however, we should chose one. I’ve kept with |hairdresser=barber| as this was the majority vote in the original discussion.

One (non-minor) change was made during the RFC:

  * *Semi-colon delimiter lists*
    Although not strictly part of the proposal, tagging businesses that are both a hairdresser’s salon and a barbers was raised. The suggestion from the community discussion was to use semi-colon delimiter lists (e.g., |hairdresser=salon, barber|). I added this to the tagging section of the proposal.

Many thanks to all who contributed to the discussion!
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