[Talk-ca] Updating Langley and use of alt_name?

[Paul Norman]

> From: William Rieck [mailto:billr at thinkers.org] 
> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 9:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Updating Langley and use of alt_name?
> 
> Hi Paul, I was following your message until this statement, where 
> I got confused. Are you saying the city of Langley is not a city? 
> What do you mean by "in British English"?
>  
> > That's all fairly simple, but the place node is more complicated. 
> > Langley is not a "city" in British English, but a "town".

British English, as opposed to Canadian English or American English. OSM 
uses British English

Using a simpler example, Burnaby does not meet the British English 
definition of a city, but Vancouver does. Burnaby is a town. An 
incorporated area is not necessarily a city.

http://www.dict.org/bin/Dict?Form=Dict2&Database=wn&Query=city includes
two definitions of "city": 

n 1: a large and densely populated urban area; may include
       several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy
       was a great city" [syn: city, metropolis, urban
       center]
  2: an incorporated administrative district established by state
     charter; "the city raised the tax rate"

OSM is closer to the first definition. Historically a city was the see of 
a bishop, but that no longer holds.