Re: language variant subtag "pinyin" modification request

I think OpenStreetMap should be encouraged to use the existing, valid tag. 

> On 20 Nov 2018, at 12:23, Phake Nick <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 	1. Name of requester: Phake Nick
> 	2. E-mail address of requester: [email protected]
> 	3. Record Requested:
> 
> 		Type: variant
> 		Subtag: pinyin
> 		Description: Pinyin romanization
> 		Prefix: zh-Latn
> 		Prefix: zh
> 		Prefix: bo-Latn
> 		Suppress-Script:
> 		Macrolanguage:
> 		Comments:
> 
> 	4. Intended meaning of the subtag: Same as the existing "pinyin" subtag
> 	5. Reference to published description
>       of the language (book or article): See the "any other relevant information" field for details
> 	6. Any other relevant information:
> 	The request is a request to modify an existing entry, with the aim of adding an additional prefix for the variant subtag "pinyin". The proposed "zh-pinyin" tag would have same effect as "zh-Latn-pinyin" but it is shorter and is currently in use in multiple places to reflect Chinese content being written in Pinyin romanization, including OpenStreetMap. See https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Multilingual_names#China
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