[OSM-talk] Can wikidata links help fight name inflation?

[Maarten Deen]

On 2015-05-29 12:05, SomeoneElse wrote:

> A question to those suggesting "Абергавенни" as a name:ru for
> Abergavenny / Y Fenni - how to distinguish the latter (both are names
> that you can to compare with signposts to see that you're going in the
> right direction) with the former (which you can't, but a speaker of
> that language might use to refer to that place in their own language)?

IMHO the name tag should reflect what's on the ground. The Belgians do 
this for names in the capital Brussels: name=Bruxelles - Brussel for the 
name of the city or name=Rue de la Montagne - Bergstraat for a 
streetname.
The same way, if Abergavenny is referred to on street signs as 
Abergavenny / Y Fenni, its name should be "Abergavenny / Y Fenni".

name is the official (local) name, name:ru is the name when you want to 
make a map in russian and can be used in Nominatim to search for a 
place.

Maarten