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though I see that alt_name gets jumped into random position between |
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I propose to wait at least until 2026-04-04 to give community time to review this PR |
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For me it would be important to ensure consistent field ordering and grouping with other name-related tags (like |
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#215 added several similar fields. They all sort at the bottom because they’re optional fields. Adding them immediately after Name makes logical sense but would push down other fields that are important enough to be visible by default. In any case, that sorting behavior is iD’s responsibility if I’m not mistaken. |
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Also: historical name, dated name, formerly known as, fka.
well, we can also define this in tagging schema but it requires https://github.com/ideditor/schema-builder work to extend schema what we can define |
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kind of related: openstreetmap/iD#12005 - Show and edit related subtags in the inspector (check_date, note/description, source, conditional, numeric, other) |
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Created ideditor/schema-builder#282 to cover field positioning. The question is now whether it is better to show |
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Description, Motivation & Context
It makes sense to support this tag
Related issues
fixes #1288
Links and data
Relevant OSM Wiki links:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:old_name
Relevant tag usage stats:
911k uses
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