[Talk-GB] "designated" and "permissive" confuse new people

[Jon Pennycook]

I have noticed over the years that new people don't always understand what
permissive and designated mean in access tags. Permissive seems to mean
private or no or with a permit, and designated seems to mean no or
destination or with a permit or at certain times only.

I think people don't know about the wiki or don't want to use it (it's huge
and probably difficult to know what to look for), so the onus is probably
on developers of editors. What can be done to encourage new people to use
access tags correctly? Or maybe just to use yes/no/destination/private
until they have found the wiki?

On a related note, I wonder how we can persuade new people not to
explicitly list all the things that might possibly be forbidden on a
path/footway - access=destination/ foot=yes/ motor_vehicle=no/ horse=no on
an ordinary urban footway seems over the top (as well as confusing).

Jon
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