[OSM-talk] Cleaning up religions & denominations

[frederik at remote.org]

Hi,

> I've updated this page which purports to contain the definitive  
> list of
> denominations:

The page explicitly says "this list is not exhaustive" - what makes  
you say it "purports to contain the definitive list"?

> 1) Is it possible? Or would it involve grepping the planet,  
> downloading the
> areas in JOSM and doing it all manually?

Given a wishlist of translations I can certainly make all these  
changes automatically, or provide a script that does.

However I would exercise extreme caution here and suggest to change  
only the most obvious spelling and/or capitalisation errors. Religion  
is something that many people are prepared to kill and die for, and  
even if they're peaceful they can be offended easily. Whether  
something is a religion or a denomination (or a "sect") is not always  
a fact, and even if it were a fact, some people might be offended if  
someone states the fact... very muddy terrain in fact, best avoided.

Bye
Frederik

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