[OSM-talk] barrier=gate

[Tordanik]

Nic Roets schrieb:
> According to the wiki redirects, barrier=gate is replacing highway=gate.
> According to tagwatch, the latter is 10 times more popular than the former.
> 
> Is the community OK with this ?
> If yes, why aren't we running a bot to perform the changes ?

Because we cannot tell whether "the community" is ok with this without
watching how tagwatch numbers will develop in the future. So far, we can
only tell that most of those who have bothered to vote in the wiki are
ok with this.

Personally, I'd agree if my contributions were bot-changed in cases like
this, but there are people who wouldn't. Maybe it is possible to set up
an opt-in bot that only "updates" tagging of those users who have put
themselves on a list (wiki page/category or other solution). Bot runs
should also be announced early, so those who disagree with a particular
retagging can remove themselves from the list in time.

> Can we agree that a barrier=gate node implies that no traffic is allowed
> through unless it's enabled with tags like access=yes and foot=yes ?

The wiki page for Key:barrier states "By default access=no is implied .
so tag who can pass the node." The wiki template also says "Implies:
access=no". So this currently applies to all barriers, including gate.
Assuming that an unspecified barrier blocks traffic is the only thing
that makes sense for me.

Tordanik