Hello CubanBoi,

I see you have removed some ref tags such as on https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/875656018 and https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/234908350 and transferred these to the unsigned_ref tag. It is difficult to verify this since there are not any apparent highway signs for these routes given the lack of open ground imagery for use in OSM. However, I am curious what if you know for certain that these routes have no signs anywhere along their extent? And if that is the case, if you think that keeping the ref tag in conjunction with the unsigned_ref is best would be more consistent with general OSM practices and for the benefit of all users of OSM, since on the tag’s wiki page (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:unsigned_ref) states, “This tag has not gone through a formal proposal/voting process”.

Our OSM mapping team maps only to the officially adopted policy of OSM and local community standards, and in this case, though we have no objection to you using the unsigned_ref tag, we feel that the main ref tag (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:ref) is useful and in line with general mapping practices in OSM to retain it. Especially when you consider common practices such as consistent querying for relevant data. Additionally, the unsigned_ref tag is indicated to be used more for edge use-cases as is described on the tag’s wiki: ” ‘unsigned’ highway routes are typically used by road maintenance crews but not the general public”. 

I also wanted to ask if you know of any current surveys of the ref networks in Cuba and if you plan to change more highway tags soon?
Thank you. Looking forward to your response and have a good day.
dcskobuffs