Changeset: 62020302
Fixed the operator tag of post boxes in the United States. All USPS post boxes now have operator=USPS instead of "United States Postal Service", "United States Post Services", or other versions of the same operator. Also, I used the JOSM validator.
Closed by LeifRasmussen
Tags
created_by | JOSM/1.5 (13170 en) |
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source | Slack discussion about preferred tag |
Discussion
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Comment from Minh Nguyen
I’m sure this change makes it a little easier to query for USPS boxes, for now at least, but as someone who consistently uses operator=United States Postal Service, I was really caught off-guard by this wide-ranging change. You gave the U.S. community about an hour and a half on a Sunday afternoon to “vote” on a proposal on Slack before uploading this changeset. If it were a matter of fixing a blatant typo or changing this tag in one city or state, that wouldn’t be such a big deal, but you saw the need to propose the change in the first place, so giving folks time to respond would have been more courteous. In the future, please exercise a little more patience and consider posting to a forum where your proposal would be less likely to be overlooked, such as the talk-us mailing list. Thank you for your consideration.
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Comment from Peter Dobratz
I prefer operator="United States Postal Serivce" as well instead of "USPS". Also, I delete name tags on post boxes when that information is wholly contained on the operator tag. Also, I only edit post boxes while after verifying their location.
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Comment from LeifRasmussen
I contacted the talk-us mailing list about this to change the tags back to "United States Postal Service", as well as to add operator:wikidata to all post boxes. People have mixed opinions about expanding the operator or not, with generally more support for "United States Postal Service" than for "USPS".
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Comment from Brian@Brea
Would it be better to use the full tag for operator= and also use the tag alt_name=USPS so when it's searched for it will still pop up?
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