[OSM-talk] sports=billiard and sports=snooker ?

[Shaun McDonald]

On 21 Sep 2009, at 15:22, Norbert Hoffmann wrote:

> Shaun McDonald wrote:
>
>>>> sport = billard
>>>> billard = pool
>>>>
>>>> or
>>>> sport = billard
>>>> billard = snooker
>>>
>>> There are currently no such tags in OSM Wiki, should we suggest  
>>> these
>>> tags ot is it ok to just start using them? How will then other  
>>> people
>>> know how to tag their billiard clubs?
>>
>> Just start using them. You don't need to have a vote on a tag to be
>> able to use it.
>
> Right, no vote is needed. But I would recommend some entry in the  
> Wiki,
> where the semantic of this tag is explained. Else we will have the  
> problem
> in the future that we have them in the db - but nobody knows if it is
> billard clubs or only the billard table in my cellar (just beside my
> winecellar and the swimming pool :).
>

The documentation comes after some significant usage of the tag. There  
is no need to spend time documenting everything straight away.

Shaun

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