[Talk-GB] recent School ref:edubase update

[Dave F]

On 13/03/2018 13:57, Mark Goodge wrote:
>
> I think you'll find that the displayed names are the official ones, 
> and hence the same as in Edubase. 

But that's the problem. They're not the same.

> I've just checked all the schools that I'm personally familiar with in 
> my area, and the name shown on OSM is the name that the school has on 
> its name board.

Did Robert's update amend any of them?

> I appreciate that's a small sample, but it's 100% right on that 
> sample. If you can find cases where the school's displayed name 
> differs from the OSM name, then by all means edit it to reflect the 
> displayed name.

But when Robert updates next time it'll change them again. I don't see 
why I should have to keep on correcting them.

> But I don't think that's a good enough reason to revert this bulk edit.
>
> Part of the issue is that schools do change their names quite often, 
> particularly when converting to academies, but the old name tends to 
> persist in popular usage for some time. Popular usage, though is not 
> what's "displayed on the ground" - for that, we have to go by what the 
> school has put on its own name board. 

Agree & not take it from a database.

> And they are, generally, very good at changing the name boards to 
> reflect any changes in their official name.
>
> Mark
>
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