[OSM-talk] Persian/Arabian Gulf Tagging

[Mostafa Ahangarha]

On 12/5/21 1:19 PM, Abdullah Abdulrhman wrote:
> In the past months, we discussed the reasons for putting in Arabic for 
> the Gulf, because most of the countries surrounding this water body (7 
> countries) adopt the Arabic name that corresponds to “On the Ground Rule”:

It was discussed that "On the Ground Rule" does not apply easily on 
international features.

> We also discussed other solutions that was suggested by members of the 
> other communities, such as the A/B solution (the name in Arabic and 
> Persian), which was agreed apone from all the Arabs around the Gulf 
> region just to stop the vandalism that was accruing by some of Iranian 
> vandalists.

I am not sure in total how many people participated in the discussion. 
Doesn't look a little graduated to say all the Arabs around the gulf 
agreed on something?

> Deleting the name is not accepted by the communities 
> surrounding the water body.

Frankly, this is a proof on why you have political agenda in this case. 
Why removing name tag is not acceptable? What doesn't it bring to you 
that name:ar doesn't? I think it is very clear what you are after. And I 
hope OSM doesn't provide such space.

As far as I remember, name tag was removed during discussion and now it 
is there. This is not only vandalism but also it is retrial to the 
honest discussion in which we were insulted and attacked multiple times. 
We tried to behave with respect and this is what we are receiving.

If there should be a war on name tag, don't think we are disable. This 
is not what we are looking for. We think rationality and honesty in 
dealing with historical facts is a better way to deal with issues like 
this. But it seems the other party doesn't like it. Our patience has 
some limit.

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Regards,
Mostafa Ahangarha