DaveF's Comments
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| 148228217 | almost 2 years ago | (My replies are asterisked) The fact that the operator calls it a halt? * The name is irrelevant to defining an object, it could be named 'Joe Bloggs'. Naming it 'halt' doesn't define what a halt is. It's a common pattern on preserved railways to distinguish between "full service" stations catering to tourists (i.e. with a car park) and "only a halt" where the only expected customers are walkers. * "With a car park". See? Yet another subjective, personal interpretation of the meaning of the word 'halt'. Classifying all railway stations as 'railway=station' & adding fact-based sub tags, such as 'usage=tourism' & 'request_stop=yes' etc. removes ambiguity, making the OSM database more accurate. But frankly, the definition of a halt is beside the point. * No it's not. The very basis of OSM is how objects are defined. The whole wiki is a list of definitions. That 'halt' is provably subjective sits badly within OSM. My irritation is with overriding the work done by local mappers based on individual opinion. * It was undertaken after discussion on Talk-Gb
* Some concurred, some gave additional details, no one objected. * Changing them from station to halt was performed unilaterally, overriding the work performed by contributors. It doesn't sit well with a collaborative project. * It was a collaboration. * I note the Wikipedia pages describe them as 'railway stations' |
| 148228217 | almost 2 years ago | From what I can gather (people don't reply to my enquiries), the data in the graphic was invented by a few German rail enthusiasts. I've struggled to find any information that it's a wide spread interpretation (even in Germany). In the GB discussions no one had any comprehension of it. It's ridiculous to determine the busyness/size of a station by "where trains can change from one track to another track."
You'd have thought this page would mention it:
@phodgkin What is the officially agreed demarcation line between a halt & a station? Name one that you perceive as a halt, but if the criteria you use to determine it increased slightly would make it a station? Likewise, name a station that would become a halt if your criteria reduced? |
| 148386311 | almost 2 years ago | Hi
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| 147894590 | almost 2 years ago | Hi
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| 147695742 | almost 2 years ago | Hi
There is already a railway=station node for this station. |
| 147683048 | almost 2 years ago | Hi
It's useful for checking verifying old retailers. |
| 147342682 | almost 2 years ago | Hi
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| 147080891 | almost 2 years ago | Hi
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| 146989221 | almost 2 years ago | What is "not:ref:GB:the_circuit"? |
| 146855794 | almost 2 years ago | Hi
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| 146816716 | almost 2 years ago | It's a recreation ground, hireable to anyone who wants to rent it.
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| 146714439 | almost 2 years ago | Hi
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| 145018066 | almost 2 years ago | Hi
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| 144676425 | almost 2 years ago | Open to horses only?! https://twitter.com/ShowMeASignBryn/status/1746520497137897517 |
| 146241741 | almost 2 years ago | It's a rope bridge! |
| 146151249 | almost 2 years ago | Hi
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| 145202260 | almost 2 years ago | Please don't delete data which is still relevant. Use the 'disused:' prefix if closed. Although the pub still appears to be open.
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| 145925849 | almost 2 years ago | No, you removed the railway-station primary tag. Hopefully re-adding the *accurate* data will encourage you to make more accurate edits & refrain from arrogant, aggressive comments such as: "DO NOT RE-EDIT". |
| 145925849 | almost 2 years ago | This is a railway station. There's no implication it is part of National Rail as it doesn't have NR operator, or ref:crs tags and is clearly marked with usage=tourism. Please don't make edits you don't comprehend. |
| 142261457 | almost 2 years ago | Ah, OK. As you added fee-no I assumed you'd know if it was in use. |