User talk:Duja
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Please, can you add complexity that I missed or rewrite it to be more neutral rather than simply deleting it? Mateusz Konieczny (talk) 00:13, 14 April 2019 (UTC)
Specify which kind of sign, clarify
Thanks for your edit on Tag:bicycle=yes and foot=yes.
You missed Key:foot and Key:bicycle that have similar text. Would be good if you update these also -- Emvee (talk) 22:38, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
What does this mean?
What documentation? Please expand on what you mean. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Relation:multipolygon&diff=next&oldid=2607259 --DaveF63 (talk) 15:21, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
- DaveF63: Documentation = this very wiki, and all articles from Category:Tag descriptions which use {{Icon|r}} or {{Icon|a}}. This has been an point of misunderstanding since forever, see e.g.
- I only tried to clarify it in a glaring manner. Duja (talk) 15:45, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
omission of the 13th floor
Hi, I saw you changed “USA” to “western countries” in the level key documentation, which countries does this refer to? In the comment you write “superstitious USA” was offensive, wouldn’t it be more offensive to extend the claim to all of the US and not just the superstitious part? Isn’t superstition the exact term for the phenomenon? —-Dieterdreist (talk) 09:32, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
- Dieterdreist: The current text, quote, "A building may skip certain level numbers, such as floor 13 in Western countries or floors 4 and 14 in Chinese-speaking countries" does not specify that it's systematically omitted in those countries, just that it may happen. It is trying to say, in a neutral manner, that 13 is considered an unlucky number in Western countries, and 4 or 14 in China. And that's all what we should say on the matter, insofar it affects mapping -- judgments about superstition are simply off-topic. w:Thirteenth floor has some examples, mostly from U.S. and Canada. Duja (talk) 10:51, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
- From my understanding, mentioning "superstition" is a description, not a "judgement", and it was meant to say that the superstition in the country is the cause for omitting the number. From what I know, in the US it is quite systematic that the 13 is omitted for hotel floors and room numbers. I have never seen the 13 omitted in a western European country, this is why I reduced the term western countries to USA. --Dieterdreist (talk) 11:01, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
Privacy
Hi, I have noticed you added this sentence to the wiki: As an international project, we respect personal right to privacy regardless of national laws and international conventions. Can you explain what this means, i.e. what is privacy related information regardless of national law or international conventions? Is there a definition what is or is not privacy related? —Dieterdreist (talk) 17:13, 28 January 2025 (UTC)
- Dieterdreist: the intent was to express that we're driven by common courtesy and respect for privacy, rather than strictly legal framework that may (or may not) exist in the given part of the world. For example, mapping residents' names on a house may be legal in some parts of the world, but we don't do that nonetheless.
May I suggest that Talk:Mapping private information is a better place to discuss any article-specific wording than my talk page? Duja (talk) 17:47, 28 January 2025 (UTC)
- we can continue on Talk:Mapping private information. I was just curious, because I think it is clear we do not map names of private people on houses, but some people are of the idea that mapping a private swimming pool, or a private path, is also private information that should not be mapped. Without a legal framework, for all but the very obvious questions (names of individuals) it is hard to decide what is protected. Also the question of businesses which are run under the name of a natural person, has been subject to discussion in the past. If we say we do not map anything related or relatable to natural persons, it would mean restrict mapping to natural features. It is also clear that we must necessarily respect the laws of the UK, because that's where we have our seat. --Dieterdreist (talk) 22:46, 28 January 2025 (UTC)