[OSM-talk] Role of the Wiki

[Russ Nelson]

Roland Olbricht writes:
 > In general: the wiki is only descriptive, but often it sounds normative.
 > 
 > It is a good idea to
 > - use tags or tag keys that have been used quite often
 > http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/
 > - search the wiki for keywords of the thing to tag
 > - read the relevant pages and take them as advice, not as a law
 > - if the pages don't make sense to you or don't match, ask at
 > http://help.openstreetmap.org
 > - add an additional, new tag if the often used tags don't describe the 
 > situation appropriately

My rule of thumb is:
 1) If the wiki describes a tag, tag according to the description.
 2) If the wiki is silent on a tag, then feel free to add it.
 3) If the wiki describes something, and you think there's a better
    way, then feel free to tag that way, but follow rule #1 and #2.
 4) But never change what the wiki says, because the people who came
    before you followed rules #1, #2, and #3.

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