Incorrect key="color" in defaultpresets.xml

[sznik]

Items "Route", "Route master", "Directional Route (North America)" have key="color" instead of key="colour"

[stoecker]

According to taginfo color should really be fixed to colour.

[bastiK]

color is used more often than colour: ​http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/?key=type&value=route#combinations

On the ​wiki page the spelling has been changed back and forth.

[simon04]

Replying to bastiK:

color is used more often than colour: ​http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/?key=type&value=route#combinations

That might be due to the JOSM preset.

On the ​wiki page the spelling has been changed back and forth.

Arg. This "no one never decides anything" is sometimes a bit annoying (cf. also the emergency/amenity=aed).

[stoecker]

Replying to bastiK:

color is used more often than colour: ​http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/?key=type&value=route#combinations

Only for route. Overall colour is much more accepted than color. So I think the "color" advantage in this case is only to our own error :-)

[stoecker]

​http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/color
​http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/colour

[simon04]

However … ​http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=color&word2=colour

[stoecker]

Well, American vs. British. I also wonder why this keywords is British, whereas most of the others are American, but probably JOSM is not the right instance to enforce the language here :-)

[bastiK]

Replying to stoecker:

Well, American vs. British. I also wonder why this keywords is British, whereas most of the others are American, but probably JOSM is not the right instance to enforce the language here :-)

Historically, British English is the predominant spelling in OSM, e.g. place=neighbourhood, leisure=sports_centre, etc., but it would be interesting to see real usage stats for this aspect.

I would vote for the change to colour, although I do not see why my voice should count more than that of a random mapper. ;)

[skyper]

Replying to bastiK:

Replying to stoecker:

Well, American vs. British. I also wonder why this keywords is British, whereas most of the others are American, but probably JOSM is not the right instance to enforce the language here :-)

Historically, British English is the predominant spelling in OSM, e.g. place=neighbourhood, leisure=sports_centre, etc., but it would be interesting to see real usage stats for this aspect.

As far as I remember it: OSM uses BE but the users often do not follow this rule. At least that is what I read several times on tagging@osm
Same with the JOSM wiki where I often read dialog instead of dialogue for example (wiki:Translations).

I would vote for the change to colour, although I do not see why my voice should count more than that of a random mapper. ;)

+1

Solution would be to have a decision, write it down and follow it.

[stoecker]

In 5597/josm:

fix #8208 - colour key spelling

[stoecker]

@skyper: JOSM and JOSM wiki are clearly AE.

I now changed the preset and modified it to fit reality better. Also updated the OSM wiki page for "colour" key a bit (also telling our mistake :-).

[skyper]

Replying to stoecker:

@skyper: JOSM and JOSM wiki are clearly AE.

Strange I thought I'd read it somewhere a long time ago. Probably was wrong.
Where is the right place to write this on the wiki ?

[stoecker]

Don't know about OSM. I talk about JOSM :-)