[Talk-GB] Mass removal of building=hall_of_residence

[Paul Berry]

It's probably not good form to describe a hall of residence as a dormitory
(more a US term for university accomodation) but there are examples where
it may be acceptable, such as residential outdoor activity centres where
parties stay a few nights in the accomodation:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/272759531

If institutions such as Youth Hostels have separate blocks for this shared
sleeping accomodation function then it's hard to argue against
building=dormitory.

Regards,
_Paul_

On Mon, 6 Feb 2023, 22:23 ael via Talk-GB, <talk-gb at openstreetmap.org>
wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 06, 2023 at 09:38:18PM +0000, nathuary via Talk-GB wrote:
> >
> > Perhaps notably this revision was by [Adamant1](
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Adamant1), who I'm vaguely aware
> seems to attract regular controversy.
> >
> > The status of building=hall_of_residence has also been changed from in
> use to obsolete in this revision
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Tag:building%3Dhall_of_residence&oldid=2464093
> .
> >
> > Given the lack of discussion beforehand (as far as I'm aware), should
> these changesets and wiki edits be reverted?
>
> My personal opinion: most definitely. Building=domitory makes no sense
> in the UK.
>
>
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