How can I add a name:en tag to the island of Sicily

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Hi, the relation 6197225 is the relation place=island for Sicily. It currently doesn’t have a name:en tag and I wanted to add it.

So I went to:

I went through the steps to add a tag. I expanded the tags, added the new tag, and then hit save.

I entered a description and ticked for someone to check my change.

When I hit OK though it said the bounding box size had been exceeded. I hadn’t changed this - intentionally.

Now I am blind and use a screen reader and can’t see any graphics on my screen. Have Idone something inadvertently wrong?

Kind regards, Chessel

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The easiest way is a browser plugin:

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenStreetMap_Tags_Editor

This type of edit is probably impossible to do in iD (the web-based editor).
It could also be done in JOSM by downloading the relation without members and editing the tag.

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It can be done in iD :slight_smile:

@Chessel did everything that is needed, added a changeset comment, but received an error message instead. If I look at the edit numbers of @Chessel I rather think that it was a anti-vandalism rule not a problem of the editor.

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You’re right, I stand corrected:

It is possible to do this in iD. You do have to zoom in a bunch to get the edit button to light up. But I was able to add a name:en tag.

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Hi, glad I was on the right track. What should I do in future if I want to do something similar but there are anti-vandalism rules in place? I was hoping that the “Have someone check your changes” tickbox would have meant it was okay to do. Or the fact I didn’t zoom in - does that make a difference? As I say, haven’t got a clue about appropriate zoom levels.

Best, Chessle

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Hi @Chessel ,

only a few edits and big bounding box of the changeset would be a simple rule to avoid vandalism such as was done some months ago. It would affect your valid edit injustly. To be able to edit the names of a big area as @ZeLonewolf has done it seems you’ve got to do a lot of edits on a smaller scale like i.e. name:en of towns or other ones that you can do.

Best regards
Vinzenz

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