[OSM-talk] Own wikipage for every single speed limit??

[Craig Wallace]

On 2014-08-28 11:20, Maarten Deen wrote:
> On 2014-08-28 12:10, Richard Z. wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> noticed that there is
>>
>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Tag:maxspeed%3D20&redirect=no
>>
>> and a few more speeds - does it make any sense to have such
>> pages around?
>
> If you take a look at the "what links here" link from the wiki you'll
> see what they are used for. In this case almost all pages about Kosmos
> rules, but also some other.
> The thing is that if you add something as a tag in wikipedia
> ({{tag|maxspeed|15}}), you'll automatically get a link to a wiki page
> for that tag. And since it is pretty senseless to have a seperate page
> for every different speed limit, they are redirected to a general page
> about the maxspeed tag.
>
> I would leave them in.

For the wiki, you should use the tag template like {{tag|maxspeed||20}}
ie 2 | vertical bars after the key. Then it doesn't create a link to the 
value.

But there's nothing wrong with redirect pages on the wiki anyway. It 
helps people find the correct page, and avoids creating duplicates.

Craig