Hi Davideous.

Even though we don't use the term "sidewalk", the footway=sidewalk tag is the correct tag to be using for these footpaths. For more details, see osm.wiki/Australian_Tagging_Guidelines/Cycling_and_Foot_Paths
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Thanks for the reply Derrick.

I understand your reasoning for Oakleigh East.. There does appear to be another set of shops near Clayton Road, but given the post office is at the Huntingdale Road shops it's not a bad place for the label.

I think moving Clayton makes a lot less sense. Clayton has a very strong set of shops around the station, and the Clayton Hospital is one of the other things most Melburnians would identify with the suburb. The current tag location is kind of close to all three, which I think is probably best given the multiple features of interest. Thoughts?

Dian

Hey Derrick,

Again, just wanting to check in to see what you're trying to achieve? You've moved the Clayton labvel right to the north east border, rather than the geographic centre or the political centre (which I suppose would be Clayton south).

I'd strongly suggest you refrain from editing suburb and neighbourhood nodes until you've built a bit more familiarity with editing with OSM. I'm happy to explain the various methods we achieve things (such as how postal codes and addresses are mapped) if you like?

Dian
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Hi Ethan,

This appears to be an undiscussed import of Russian transliterations.

What was the source for this change, and have you discussed this somewhere?
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Hi Ethan,

Thanks for your continuing contributions to the map.

OSM has specific guidance for "transliterated" names: osm.wiki/Names#Transliteration. In particular, it discourages transliterated names that are not in regular use.

Are these names used by Russian and Arabic speaking communities in Teesdale at Lethbridge?

Dian
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Hey Derrick,

I can see you're moving quite a lot of suburb nodes around.

Can I ask what you're trying to do? Some of these suburb labels have been moved right to the edge of the locality.
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Hi Derrick,

No problem at all. Thanks for getting in touch.

The search bar on the OSM website uses a tool called Nominatim. https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/ui/search.html

Nominatim doesn't update every day, but once it has updated the neighbourhood node we've created should show in the search results.

Try searching for Clayton North in a couple of days and you should see the edit cascade through. :)

Dian

This user has tried several times to add "Clayton North" as a suburb to the map.

The node has now been added for the neighbourhood, but it appears this Derrick is trying to get boundaries to render for the neighbourhood.

Derrick, thank you for adjusting your edits in light of my previous comments about adding a suburb. Unfortunately, the boundaries of Clayton North are not well defined, and don't count as "administrative" boundaries. Administrative boundaries are dictated by the authorities (in this case, the State Government).

I'll tidy up your edits again so that there aren't the duplicates that were there previously. You will see Clayton North rendered (once the tiles update, which can take a couple of days) where the node is, but it will look different to the suburbs nearby.

You can reply to these comments by clicking the link in the notification email, then scrolling in the left hand pane to the "Discussion" section.

Dian.

Hello.

This is the third time I have contacted you.

Clayton North is not a suburb as defined by official sources: it's not used as the suburb in any addressess, and has not been gazetted as a locality.

The place=suburb tag is not correct. This has been reverted, again, to accurately reflect that Clayton North is a neighbourhood.
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Hello,

Again, Clayton North is not a gazetted suburb or locality, and should not be tagged as such. I have reverted your change which introduces errors to the map.

Dian
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Hi Stevo,

Firstly, apologies for the problems introduced with the bus routes in Maiden Gully. iD isn't great with relations.

I am aware of the restrictions to driving over painted traffic islands in Victoria. However, these painted traffic islands do not constitute a physical barrier and the ways should remain combined. osm.wiki/Dual_carriageway

The traffic island tag can be used to indicate the presence of traffic islands, and the change, turn, and placement keys allow for the specification of lanes and their nature. I'm not aware of routing software that would offer a u-turn on a single carriageway road; do you have an example you would be able to share?

Only mapping ways as separate when there is physical separation is a well established editing convention, both locally and globally, that is fundamental to the way roads are represented in OSM.

I'd encourage you to engage with either the mailing list, discord, or community page for more information as to why this consensus exists.

Hi Stevo,

In this edit, I can see that you have split the Calder Highway into a dual carriageway in several sections.

Roads should only be split into separate carriageways if there is physical separation - such as a physical barrier or median.

These changes should be reverted as they make the map less accurate and make lane mapping more difficult.

Dian
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Hello,

Clayton North is not a gazetted suburb or locality, and should not be tagged as such.

I have adjusted removed the boundary and replaced Clayton North suburb with a "neighbourhood" node, consistent with official sources.

Regards,
Dian
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Hi Andre Bacon,

If I understand the wikipedia article about Toki Pona correctly, this is a constructed language with no native users?

A similar edit introducing Klingon names for countries was not well received; would you be able to explain where these translations come from and what they are used for?

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