[OSM-talk] Naming disputes in Ukraine

[Malcolm Herring]

Our principal product is a street map. A street map is used to navigate
in unfamiliar places. The names on the map must correspond with names on
a street signs, signposts, etc. so that strangers may verify their position.

So it is nothing to do with 'official' languages. The map needs to
correspond with the observed real world. If street signs in Ukraine are
in Russian, then the tagged name should be in Russian. When the signs
are changed to Ukrainian, then that is the time to re-tag.