openstreetmap/iD

Warn when tagging a residential building with a numerical name

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#8,656 opened on Aug 23, 2021

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Description

There are a huge number of buildings which have a name of "1", "2" etc.

Most of these should be addr:housenumber, not name

If a buildings is residential (residential, house, detached etc.) and a user inputs a purely numerical name then there should be a warning that they probably meant to use the address field.

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Find the code section where building tags are validated, specifically the name field, and add a warning if name is purely numerical and building type is residential.
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