[Tagging] When is I oppse vote invalled

[Andy Townsend]

Hello,

On 18/11/2024 14:00, brecht devriese wrote:

 > So it is normal that it cannot be found in taginfo as it has never 
been used before

This actually isn't normal.

One of the reasons that OSM got to where it is today, leaving numerous 
other "free map" competitors by the roadside, is that people mapping 
things in their neighbourhood don't need to go through some "tag 
approval" process for a new thing that they have just seen, they can 
just make up a tag and continue mapping. Later, if it turns out that a 
better tag is already in use elsewhere for exactly the same thing, it's 
easy to change the tag the tag they used to the more popular one.

There's a wiki page all about the process: 
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Any_tags_you_like .

 > Meanwhile, I have used this tag for 4 objects, so this tag now does 
show up in taginfo.

That's great - https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1UkZ - that's how new tags 
get established in OSM.  Of the people voting one person (not me) has 
objected to the tag on philosophical grounds, based on what should and 
what should not be in OSM, and one person (me) thinks that "voting" for 
this sort of very low-use tag introduces a level of bureaucracy that is 
unhelpful to OSM as an ongoing project.

Of course, it makes total sense to discuss your suggested new tag (as 
you did at 
https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/rfc-proposal-of-tag-virtual-tour-url/120965 
).  Different people have different views about how much discussion and 
how much "tag approval" bureaucracy there should be; that's absolutely 
fine.  It doesn't mean that some people are "wrong" if they disagree 
with you (or me) about some things; I've been wrong about plenty of 
things in the past and I'm sure you have too.

Best Regards,

Andy