[OSM-talk] On the ground rule on the wiki

andrzej zaborowski balrogg at gmail.com
Sun May 30 14:12:31 BST 2010


On 30 May 2010 09:40, John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 30 May 2010 15:39, Anthony <osm at inbox.org> wrote:
>> "If the dispute can not be resolved through discussion, then the simple
>> default rule is that whatever name, designation, etc are used by the people
>> on the ground at that location are used in the non-localized tags."
>
> Isn't that kinda asking for an edit war where there is disputed
> territory with different names by different languages possibly in
> multiple languages?

Why?  By my reading it is to quiet such edit wars, so the exact
opposite.  See how this rule is applied in Belgium with streets having
three names and all three printed on street signs.

Cheers




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