Hello,

Andy from OSM's Data Working Group here.

> I am not the person who decides on the rules,

For information, the relevant policy created by OSMF is here: https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/images/d/d8/DisputedTerritoriesInformation.pdf . I would encourage you to read that, particular parts such as "recording what is actually currently used in a particular area, giving pre-eminence to data collected in situ". Not that "official" names and "official" languages are of relatively low importance - how local people actually name things is much more importance.

> I just apply them.

No, actually, that would be me :)

From looking at e.g. https://osm.mapki.com/history/node/5606954615 , this appears to be about the "name" tag itself, not the individual language tags such as name:ar and name:en.

First things first, if a name for a place is verifiable in multiple languages then there should be name:language tags for those languages.

Secondly, what goes in the "name" tag itself may vary based on how the local community name things. See osm.wiki/Multilingual_names for lots of detail.

There is a reference to the UAE on that page, but that was added by one person from the USA in 2017: osm.wiki/w/index.php?title=Multilingual_names&type=revision&diff=1501734&oldid=1501731 . It may not reflect local community norms.

I'd therefore suggest discussing it more widely than just this changeset. The forum (at https://community.openstreetmap.org/tag/uae ) would be a better place. You can both post photographic evidence for the signs used locally to back up your individual points of view.

Best Regards,
Andy

此外，您所有的变更集评论都只是“添加”的。 请务必使用注释向其他映射器解释您要添加的内容。 请参阅 osm.wiki/Zh-hans:Good_changeset_comments
此致，
安迪

Also, all of your changeset comments are just "added". Please do use comments that explain to other mappers what you are adding. See osm.wiki/Zh-hans:Good_changeset_comments
Best Regards,
Andy

你好，
node/9913697018/history 真的是温泉吗？ 似乎不太可能，它在高速公路桥下，是由使用温泉作为 MAPS.ME 标记的人添加的。
此致，
安迪

Hello Taksine,
Is node/9913697018/history really a hot spring? It seems unlikely, it's under a motorway bridge and was added by someone who is using hot springs as MAPS.ME markers.
Best Regards,
Andy

Here's your bit of 65, for info: relation/9487#map=14/53.7264/-0.4054 .

Hello,
Something went a bit wrong here. There's now a gap in the cycle relation https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1uyA and an extra spur has been added to the Superrelation https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1uyB (that shouldn't have any ways in it at all). Does NCN National Route 1 now go down Coulson Drive rather than along Hull Road - if so you'll have to split way/23228945 , remove the northern part from the relation, and add more pieces ways to the east. You're using iD to edit here, which makes it really hard for you to see which relation you're adding (you'll have to click on the relation to see which one it is).
Best Regards,
Andy

Olá JAILTON OLIVEIRA CUNHA,
Por favor, não insulte as pessoas que estão tentando ajudá-lo. Aqui estamos todos do mesmo lado, ainda que falemos línguas diferentes.
Atenciosamente,
Andy Townsend, em nome do Grupo de Trabalho de Dados da OSM.

Hello JAILTON OLIVEIRA CUNHA,
Please don't insult people who are trying to help you. We're all on the same side here, even if we speak different languages.
Best Regards,
Andy Townsend, on behalf of OSM's Data Working Group.

Thanks

Hello,
What does "#deu" mean here?
Best Regards,
Andy

For info, the boundary problem is unrelated to this changeset. See the discussion at changeset/130698589 . To see the Uzbekistan border at a date in time you can use overpass; for example https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1utz is a year ago and https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1utA is December. If there's a problem with the border please discuss on changeset/130698589 , where the people previously involved in the discussion will see it.

That source doesn't suggest that as a name, just a description.

Is all of way/807272233 really going to be student accommodation? I know that ATS Euromaster has shut, but this covers all of Hazel Court as well :)

Hello,
You wouldn't happen to know where the footpath goes from node/4917476565 , would you? It corresponds to a gap in the Wales Coast Path relation/3285170#map=18/51.47376/-3.14538
Best Regards,
Andy

Hello,
Is there a new cycleway here that fills in the gap in relation/173236#map=16/51.7379/-3.5204 , or has that not been built yet?
Best Regards,
Andy

Also survey 20/04 (tr9810b) and 27/04 (tr9828b)

Hello M-NCPPC_Import,
As suggested over at https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/tagless-points-and-lines-in-greenbelt-md/97992/31 you need to stop now.
To summarise:
* you're still importing new data without a licence waiver in place.
* you still haven't discussed this import with the community properly so that people can check what you are going to do
* you are still importing obviously incorrect data like a "30 foot high shed" way/1166123026 .
If you don't stop this import voluntarily we will block the account and revert what you have imported so far.
Best Regards,
Andy Townsend, on behalf of OSM's Data Working Group.

I've asked at https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-africa/2023-April/000919.html .

How did you verify "Rua João Alfredo Fontenelle"? The "Fontanelle" name has been used by local trolls (believed to be mostly one person, but 30 or so accounts, most now blocked and self-deleted).
In this example a genuine local user removed the name in changeset/134513875 .