Hello miluethi,

I see in this changeset you have removed the “NIC-” from all the ref tags of the way members within https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/17054421. I also saw that your other account NicaTopo (https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/NicaTopo) has also recently made the same removal from sections of NIC-26 such as https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/593527558, and along NIC-71 as well looking at all the ways on https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/17024682.

Based on these Mapillary imagery (https://www.mapillary.com/app/?lat=12.6074116&lng=-86.672133&z=17&pKey=317756230572718&focus=photo&x=0.5071714594913809&y=0.4467698815261874&zoom=0,  https://www.mapillary.com/app/?lat=11.982313287824&lng=-83.853974709182&z=17&pKey=987171662090604&focus=photo&x=0.5943986315345279&y=0.5937387215514213&zoom=1.1103381750718602), the actual signboards have the NIC-## format displayed. The OSM wiki on ref states that we should "tag what's on the ground.” (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:ref#Examples_on_ways). This is also represented with the majority of Ref tags throughout the country historically and I see that you have left the NIC-## format on the relations.

Is there a specific reason why you are actively changing the format of these refs on way features in Nicaragua?

Thanks and look forward to your reply.