[Talk-nz] Place names

[Mike Kittridge]

I agree that the tag should be the official name according to the
Gazetteer. Road signs can be easily be wrong.

On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 1:40 PM Eliot Blennerhassett <
eliot at blennerhassett.gen.nz> wrote:

> On 10/11/21 12:43, Timothée Duhamel wrote:
> > Here is one example of the tuhotō edit warring:
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/112892966 <
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/112892966>
> >
> > The argument used is that the signage on the ground should be the
> "source of truth". This is a defensible position, but, as stated by the DWG
> rep in that changeset, ultimately it is up to the local community (us? this
> mailing list?) to set guidelines on name tag usage.
>
> So, other 80 or so members of this list, do you agree/disagree/abstain?
>
> > I agree with everyone else so far, that we should include tuhotō on the
> name tag (where the name is gazetted as such) even when signage on the
> ground may commonly exclude the macron.
>
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