[Talk-GB] addr:place cleanup process

[Rob Nickerson]

For the corrections being proposed, then yes, addr:suburb is always "less
incorrect" than addr:place. We're at risk of going over the same ground
here so it is perhaps better to refer back to some of the earlier emails.
On addr:place in particular, the December 2021 emails from Sarah are worth
reading as these set out the context of why addr:place exists and it's most
common incorrect use. As such the _tag_ addr:place is not neutral and in
fact has a meaning. Where it has been used for different meanings this is
wrong and it is those cases that this cleanup is attempting to address (pun
not intended!)

Whilst I encourage everyone to read the full discussion here on talk-GB, it
is now quite a long discussion and can be hard to follow. As such I have
summarised as much as I can on the wiki page. There is a dedicated section
on the page for addr:place specifically:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Addresses_in_the_United_Kingdom#addr:place

Thank you,
*Rob*


On Fri, 21 Jan 2022 at 19:59, Colin Smale <colin.smale at xs4all.nl> wrote:

> On 01/21/2022 8:44 PM Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nickerson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Tony
>
> I don't agree that "it follows that automatic conversion of addr:place to
> addr:suburb is wrong".
>
> OpenStreetMap is a project of continual change. As long as the change is
> making an improvement then I think it's good. So in this case, where
> addr:place has been incorrectly used for a settlement name, then changing
> it to addr:suburb is an improvement.
>
> Only if addr:suburb is less incorrect that addr:place.
>
> "Place" is neutral in that it makes no implication of absolute or relative
> size or importance, so in that respect it can never be wrong. "Suburb" on
> the other hand implies something about both size and importance,  so it may
> be easy for it to be inappropriate.
>
> Best regards
> Rob
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