[OSM-talk] Naming disputes in Ukraine

[Tirkon]

Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:

>1. The concrete question: Should all name tag in the Crimea be in 
>Russian (with appropriate name:uk tags of course), even though the 
>official language in Ukraine is Ukrainian?

In Belgium there is a heavy language dispute between frensh speaking
Wallonia and dutch speaking Flanders.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_legislation_in_Belgium

I had contact with the local Belgium OSM community during mapping in
bilingual regions. The community told me they agreed, to take the
names from the streetname-sign. If this signs mention both the dutch
and the french name they take the same order in the name tag of this
streets. The mentioned languages and their order on the
streetname-signs are the model for every name tag in that town. If
i.e. the order is dutch-french then the name of the town, the station
etc. takes the same order.
example:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=50.79738&lon=4.37421&zoom=15&layers=M

I do not know whether this model fits for your problem. 

Regards
Tirkon