[OSM-talk] Roadmap for deprecation of name tags in OSM

[Dave F]

Just caught up with this thread, & I'm unsure if it's a joke.

If there are any problems/disagreements with names in OSM then surely 
the same problem occurs in Wikiland?

DaveF.


On 09/08/2020 09:25, pangoSE wrote:
> I suggest we create a roadmap for deprecating of storing and updating 
> names in OSM for objects with a Wikidata tag.
>
> The rationale is explained here:
> https://josm.openstreetmap.de/ticket/19655
>
> This of course affects the whole project and data consumers as well. 
> Every OSM user will have to become a Wikidata user as well to edit the 
> names or add name references (through the editors)
>
> Substantial changes will have to be made:
> * nominatim will need to support fetching names from wikidata somehow. 
> It could probably be done on the fly.
> * openstreetmap.org will need to fetch from wikidata when displaying 
> any object.
> * rendering the standard map will have to support fetching from wikidata.
> * all editors would have to fetch and enable editing of Wikidata objects.
> * maybe it no longer makes sense to have 2 separate logins? We should 
> unify the logging in as much as possible. Ideas are welcome on how to 
> do that. Perhaps retire signing up as OSM user on osm.org and ask 
> users to create a Wikimedia account instead and log in with that?
>
> I personally don't see any problems connecting Wikimedia and OSM 
> closer than the islands they are today.
>
> As mentioned in the ticket above data consumers like Mapbox already 
> prefer Wikidata names. I'm guessing thats because they are simply 
> better quality, better modeled, better referenced and better protected 
> against vandalism.
>
> WDYT?
>
> Cheers
> pangoSE
> Ps I choose this list because this not only relates to tagging, but to 
> the wider ecosystem.
>
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