[OSM-talk] Wikipedia POI import?

[Jacek Konieczny]

On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 11:04:12AM +0100, Jonathan Bennett wrote:
> Besides, as present you can't have multiple values for a single tag in
> OSM, so wikipedia=XX:<name> wouldn't work.

You don't need multiple values. Other languages are linked in Wikipedia,
no need to duplicate this in OSM.

If a place is described in 20 national Wikipedias do we really want 20
wikipedia=XX:<name> tags in OSM when only single wikipedia=XX:<name>
links to all the pages?

And more. You need no special handling for wikipedia=XX: links. 

E.g lets assume we have a client which opens a browser with Wikipedia
page for a clicked POI using the wikipedia=* tag. And it has no language
support (doesn't read wikipedia:XX=* tags, does not understand
wikipedia=XX:*) and it gets:

wikipedia=pl:Radiostacja_gliwicka

It will open http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pl:Radiostacja_gliwicka

Try that link yourself. You will get information about that place. Then
click "English" on the sidebar. You will get English description about
the same place. All with only one tag. With no special language support
in the client. And it will work for other languages if localized
Wikipedia pages are created.

wikipedia=Gliwice_Radio_Tower

Would also work, but would show the English page (Polish page is
accessible with the "Polski" link on the left). But I guess, this POI is
mostly interesting for Polish users, so polish page is a sane default.

Greets,
        Jacek