[OSM-talk] very long multiple int_name tags in Near East

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

I recently noticed that there are very long values in int_name for some
cities in Near East, e.g. the City of Sidon:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/564348842
with the int_name value:
Saida,Sayda,Saïda,Sidon,Sidon"",Sidonas,Sidone,Sidón,Sydon,Sídon,Şaydā,Σιδώνα,Сидон,Сидонъ,צידון,صيدا,صَيْدَا,サイダ,
Sidon

What is your opinion on these, wouldn't that go better into different name
tags?

What about the name, name:ar, alt_name and name_ar1 tags, on my system they
look identical? If they really are, it would be bettter to just have name
and name:ar and drop the duplicates.

cheers,
Martin
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