Minh Nguyễn

The wiki page makes its tagging recommendation sound authoritative, but how prevalent are tags such as [`priority_road`](http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:priority_road) in places like North America, where the concept of a priority road has...

> open question: not sure `stop=minor` should be considered but I do not think so. It depends on whether the step encounters this node while traversing a minor road. For...

The most common ways to map [`highway=stop`](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dstop) are: 1. At the intersection, tagged [`stop=minor`](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:stop) for a 2-way stop that only applies to the lesser road – in this case, the...

Are we sure this should be automated? I often encounter brand items getting merged incorrectly by overzealous Wikipedians, surprised or annoyed that Wikidata has more granular items than Wikipedia has...

> Another theory I have as to why `shop=department_store` is a common tag in the US is that in common parlance, the stores that replaced traditional department stores like Sears...

> Are District Courts run nationally by a single US Government Department? They’re part of the federal judiciary, but in every case it would be more correct to state that...

Agreed, I’m writing up some comments that annotate things that don’t quite fit the bill, so we can figure out what should get split out.

> I know this is well-intentioned and addresses a genuine technical issue, but I'm a little sad about this. It's essentially squashing one of the appealing aspects of OpenStreetMap's individuality...

Mapbox removed the dash transition in mapbox/mapbox-gl-js#12326 (after the fork). The rationale in mapbox/mapbox-gl-js#10605 was that, apart from looking funky, it also complicated adding support for data-driven styling with `line-dasharray`:...

There is [unanimous support](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/2738942#DynamicPageList_extension) for the extension among those who commented on my proposal on the wiki. The Wikimedia Foundation officially maintains this extension, but it hasn’t received very much...