[Talk-nz] Dual names (Was: Place names (OSM wiki entry))

[Andy Townsend]

On 20/11/2021 09:37, Eliot Blennerhassett wrote:
> On 20/11/21 18:45, Andrew Davidson wrote:
>> (snip)
>>
>> So you can say alt_name:en and alt_name:mi or old_name:en and 
>> old_name:mi, but the name has to be used in at least one language (by 
>> definition otherwise it cannot be the name).
>
> I don't think this is necessarily correct.
>
Based on what other OSM communities have done around the world, I don't 
think it's correct either.

I'm from the UK, and there the general approach is what Andrew is 
suggesting here, but although fairly common that's far from universal 
(hence my comment along those lines 5 days ago).


> So, the name may contain parts in different languages separated by a /
>
>
... or something else that works for the local OSM community, although 
"/" is the most common where that approach is taken.  On some OSM list 
somewhere there's a detailed message explaining why in Belgium the 
separator has to be "-" and not "/", but I think they're the exception.

Best Regards,

Andy