[OSM-talk] iD name suggestion index - asking non-English-speaking mappers to review
Warin
61sundowner at gmail.com
Tue May 19 09:35:03 UTC 2015
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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