[OSM-talk] voting open - museum

[Robin Paulson]

On 11/01/2008, Tony Bowden <tony at tmtm.com> wrote:
> > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Museum
>
> I was going to comment on the page, but it seems like a wider issue. Why
> are some things like this only for nodes, and others for areas?

generally because people don't think of it when they're proposing, and
because a lot of discussions get very little attention, so no-one
notices. if you think it needs changing, put it forward.

it is a wiki, everyone is responsible for what goes on - you're as
important and as likely to be listened to as the next person.

> Currently a museum is only a node and I'm not sure why - they're often
> quite big, taking the space of at least a block or two.

i agree

> For a rather bizarre example, an intact castle is only a node, but the
> ruins of a castle can be an area.

yes. there are dozens of inconsistencies in the tags, but the tag
system is still in it's infancy, we're making it up as we go along and
writing the guidelines day-by-day.

problem is, there are very few people managing the tag proposals
system and they don't have time/the
inclination/wherewithal/inspiration/experience/whatever for writing
guidelines/creating templates. more bodies is always good

> Is there previous discussion on this somewhere? Would it not make sense
> to allow all amenity / shop / tourism / historic etc to be areas unless
> specifically decided otherwise?

there aren't any templates for proposals, it would be very useful if
someone made some up....do you want to do it?

if you want to go through the proposals page and suggest changes, that
would be great