[OSM-talk] Tag name vs operator

[Pieren]

Hi all,

I would like to know how people are using the tag name and/or operator. It
was obvious for me that operator might come as an additional attribute but
it seems that the wiki is suggesting to replace name by operator. Or at
least, it's questionning on the page about amenity=bank:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dbank

where the section "tags to use in combination" suggests 'operator' but the
template says 'name=*', 'operator=*'.
Then now the question : how can we determin if we use 'name' or 'operator'
if it is one or the other ? e.g. restaurants or hotel might or might not be
part of a chain, thus might be tagged with 'name' or 'operator'. Shall know
the door to ask ?
Or can I restore the tag 'name' in the wiki as it was till january 2009 ?

Pieren
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