Data working group/Disputes

Preliminary page detailing action taken in case of disputes.

Jerusalem Name Dispute

Case

There was a dispute/edit war over the contents of the "name:" tag for the city of Jerusalem (http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/29090735). While involved parties were happy with the various name:language tags, they could not agree on suitable content for the main "name" tag (Hebrew, Arabic).

Resolution

Data Working Group decided that the node shall not have a name tag at all until involved parties can agree on something. Specialist maps can still render the language-specific name:language tags if desired, and it is not unusual even for large cities not to be named on the main OSM map (due to name collisions etc) so the downside of not having a name on the main map is acceptable. DWG hopes that involved parties will come to a resolution. Until that time, please refrain from re-adding a name tag to this node (or creating a new city node for Jerusalem). Data Working Group has added a "note" tag explaining the situation and will remove that once an amicable resolution has been reached.

In addition, the name tag of the place=suburb node for East Jerusalem (http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/299937491) has been converted to name:ar so that neither Jerusalem nor East Jerusalem now have a name tag.