Index: /applications/editors/josm/plugins/validator/tagchecker.cfg
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--- /applications/editors/josm/plugins/validator/tagchecker.cfg	(revision 16438)
+++ /applications/editors/josm/plugins/validator/tagchecker.cfg	(revision 16439)
@@ -36,4 +36,6 @@
 # Empty lines and space signs are ignored
 
+way  : W : highway == * && name == /.* (Ave|Blvd|Cct|Cir|Cl|Cr|Crct|Cres|Crt|Ct|Dr|Drv|Esp|Espl|Hwy|Ln|Mw|Mwy|Pl|Rd|Qy|Qys|Sq|St|Str|Ter|Tce|Tr|Wy)\.?$/i               # abbreviated street name
+
 node : W : oneway == *                                         # oneway tag on a node
 node : W : bridge == BOOLEAN_TRUE                              # bridge tag on a node
@@ -68,5 +70,4 @@
 
 *    : I : name == /.*Strasse.*/i                              # street name contains ss
-*    : W : name == /.*Str\.?/i                                 # abbreviated street name
 
 relation : E : type != *                                       # relation without type