[Talk-GB] Changes as a result of Highways England rebranding as National Highways

[Ken Kilfedder]

Whichever option happens, it would be good to add the wikidata tag for the organisation- Q5760006.   That will remain stable in case of further name changes.   Given that they've now had 3 names in the last 7 years, it would seem prudent.

operator:wikidata=Q5760006

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On Mon, 4 Oct 2021, at 2:25 PM, Thomas Jarvis wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> A few months ago Highways England rebranded itself as National Highways. This now means that 29,283 operator=Highways England are incorrect, along with highways_england:area=* tags found on motorways and other trunk roads in England.
> 
> For the operator tag there are a few options we can do as a result of this:
> 1. If the majority approves, there could be a automated edit within England to replace all operator=Highways England to operator=National Highways (my preferred option)
> 2. We leave Highways England in place as the operator regardless of name change. This can be set out in the wiki.
> 3. We leave Highways England in place as the operator, however editors are encouraged to update these tags when carrying out edits on the SRN.
> 4. We replace Highways England with an abratuary term to refer to the company (or body) which maintains trunk roads in England. This way future rebrands will not result in edits of 10,000s ways & nodes. For example operator=SRN_authority_England or something.
> 
> Dealing with the highways_england:area tag will depend on how the operator tag will change. However I'd suggest having the operator value followed by :area, like how it is currently (plus the underscore).
> 
> What is people's views on this?
> 
> 
> Kind Regards,
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> *_T_*homas *_J_*
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