[OSM-talk] iD name suggestion index - asking non-English-speaking mappers to review

[Warin]

Opps... Your correct John....
It is a term used in common speech for fuel in Australia (American = gas).

On 19/05/2015 1:30 AM, John F. Eldredge wrote:
> Is there a company in Australia named Petrol, or is it simply the term 
> for the fuel? As I understand it, the question is whether Petrol is 
> valid as a company name (apparently
>
> On May 17, 2015 10:53:07 PM CDT, Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     On 17/05/2015 3:57 PM, Stefan Baebler wrote:
>>
>>     I see "Petrol" is categorized under discardedNames, but is is in
>>     fact a valid full name of company with chain of gas pumps in
>>     Slovenia (www.petrol.si <http://www.petrol.si>).
>>
>>     Are there many other similar cases that would make it worthwhile
>>     to make this functionality location-aware, dependant on regions
>>     (countries, continents, languages)?
>>
>     Petrol is in common use in Australia... an 'English' speaking
>     country.
>
>>     16. maj 2015 11.08 pop. je oseba "Mateusz Konieczny"
>>     <matkoniecz at gmail.com <mailto:matkoniecz at gmail.com>> napisala:
>>
>>         On Sat, 16 May 2015 20:07:00 +0200
>>         Michał Brzozowski <www.haxor at gmail.com
>>         <mailto:www.haxor at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         > I ask non-English speakers to find anything they are sure
>>         it's a noun
>>         > and not a proper name. name-suggestions.json specifies name
>>         > suggestions and filter.json specifies what "non-names"
>>         should be
>>         > filtered.
>>
>>         Sklep spożywczy (Polish for grocery store)
>>         Apteka (Polish for pharmacy)
>>
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