[OSM-talk] Update: Advice needed - dispute regarding names in Cyprus

Abigail Brady morwen at evilmagic.org
Sun Nov 11 18:44:35 GMT 2007


On Nov 11, 2007 6:30 PM, Jon Bright <jon at siliconcircus.com> wrote:

> I changed this because it struck me that old_name was something of an
> inconsistency.  I don't know what Map Features has to say.  It seems to
> me that anything which isn't two letters (or two letters <underscore>
> two letters, e.g. en_GB) can be used as a colon suffix for name.
> name:old therefore seemed more consistent to me than old_name.  But, in
> happy contrast to user_7363, I'm flexible on this and most other points
> :-)
>
>
I'd advise against using name:old.  After all, what happens when you want to
tag the placename in the language Mochi (language tag 'old')? :)

-- 
Abi
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