[OSM-talk] automated abbreviation changes?!

[Paul Johnson]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 5:36 AM, Mikel Maron <mikel_maron at yahoo.com> wrote:

> User chdr (http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/chdr) seems to be running a
> script to automatically replace street name abbreviations with the full
> word.
> so 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW becomes 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest.
> Which is not the way anyone ever writes street names here in DC.
>
> Anyone else aware of this? Opinions? Should this be stopped?

Rule one for names:  Abbreviations: Just don't do it.