[OSM-talk] Chain Store Cleanup

[Andy Townsend]

On 02/05/15 18:01, Colin Smale wrote:
>
> A bit of a meta-discussion.... I wonder why this topic is not going 
> the same way as the debate on talk-gb last November-December in which 
> it was proposed to tidy up and normalise various spelling variants? 
> There was a lot of vehement opposition to any automated "corrections" 
> as many chains are inconsistent with their own orthography and only 
> on-the-ground mappers would be able to tell whether or not there is an 
> apostrophe present in the signage at this particular branch (etc. 
> etc., you get this idea).
>
>

Possibly because the various points of view were well articulated then 
and many of them (chains don't rebrand instantly and consistently, 
fixing misspellings gives a false impression of quality - or not) have 
already been raised here in some form - everyone piling in with "me 
too!" posts doesn't help the list become more navigable.

Cheers,

Andy

... and apologies for a largely content-free meta-post :)