[OSM-talk] Wikipedia definition in tag page template

[Sam Vekemans]

Right, i agree to that (not including a definition link in the box)

as for example, the key=snowshed page would naturally have a
definition as part of the description (1st paragraph) of the wiki
page.

Perhaps what we CAN do is ensure that there is some kind of standard?

In what case should a dictionary definition be used instead of encyclopedia?

Sam

On 3/20/09, Tobias Knerr <osm at tobias-knerr.de> wrote:
> Sam Vekemans schrieb:
>> Why is it that all of the templates for the detail box on the right
>> have "Google definition" and a link to a search for that tag on google
>> search?
>
> I'd even ask: Why do we have such a link at all? What matters is how a
> term is defined in OSM context, not how it is defined by Google,
> Wiktionary or whoever. If "highway" in OSM is a collective key for
> everything from footway to motorway, *that's* the relevant information,
> not the "A highway is a main road intended for travel by the public
> between important destinations, such as cities and towns" that you get
> from Google.
>
> Therefore instead of cluttering the box with even more links (that are
> placed excessively prominently above far more interesting information)
> to probably contradicting definitions, we should simply eliminate the
> definition links from these boxes. If the OSM meaning is indeed based on
> some external definition of the term, then exactly that definition
> should be linked in the descriptive text.
>
> Tobias Knerr
>