Thanks all! I've been lurking without an account and thinking about possible solutions to this myself ever since COV renamed Trutch St to šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm St.

I was considering making an account and proposing something similar back then, but it was much harder to justify as the City had never agreed upon a consistent single-line name including both terms. But this time it was much easier to justify since the Province does seem to have such a single-line name for this.

Anyways, I think I'll go ahead with this and put my flag in the ground for my first edit. Thanks for the replies!

Hi there, new contributor here. I've been following the Pattullo Bridge Replacement Project for a while now, but only just gotten into OSM. I saw this discussion and there is actually one more point I want to bring up.

I can already tell that there's going to be people who will keep editing the "name" tag back and forth between "stal̕əw̓asəm Bridge" and "Riverview Bridge". Even if you can justify one way or the other, there will always be someone who disagrees and edits it back, and it takes time and effort to keep reverting them.

Would it be possible instead to have the "name" tag contain both language names? For example, if you go the Current Works page on the project website, notice that they consistently refer to the bridge as the "stal̕əw̓asəm (Riverview) Bridge".

https://www.pattullobridgereplacement.ca/construction/current-works/

I think using "stal̕əw̓asəm (Riverview) Bridge" for the "name" tag would be a good compromise between choosing one or the other. It would result in a much lower likelihood of disagreement and edit wars, and it also does not imply rejection or disregard to either one of the two names.

Do you see any possible issues with this? I'm curious to know your thoughts.