Aurimas Fišeras

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Yes, `pl.` is an abbreviation of `plentas`. However, all street names in Lithuania always end with an abbreviation (`a.` `aklg.` `al.` `aplinkl.` `g.` `kel.` `krant.` `pl.` `pr.` `skg.` `skv.` `tak.`).

> This rule come from JOSM Validator https://josm.openstreetmap.de/browser/josm/trunk/resources/data/validator/highway.mapcss Then it should be disabled for Lithuania, since it "works by accident" flagging only one of the possible street abbreviations. I tracked...

These abbreviations (`a.` `aklg.` `al.` `aplinkl.` `g.` `kel.` `krant.` `pl.` `pr.` `skg.` `skv.` `tak.`) are not for the street name, but for the road type: - a. - aikštė -...

> Not using abbreviations is for street name and street type. All maps in Lithuania use abbreviations in street names since it is the official form. So for Osmose 9004001...

> It look like to my, only a small part of the streets have this issue. But its growing up over the time It is growing, because all suggested „fixes“...

I checked, the rule to „use abbreviated street names“ in Lithuanian community is implicit, unwritten, because: 1. Official Lithuanian address registry uses abbreviations. 2. It is what's [on the ground](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Good_practice#Map_what's_on_the_ground).