[OSM-talk] proposal - tracks

[Robin Paulson]

on my travels around the tag proposals page on the wiki, i came across
this proposal:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/tracks

it specifies a way of making one rail track render as multiple, rather
than draw all of them. is this sort of thing accepted practice on osm?
it appears at best redundant (there are ways of automating this in
merkaartor, probably in josm also), at worst setting a precedent with
unseen consequences. any opinions? could this be removed?