Add description of the nominatim key update process

[rails.git] / CONTRIBUTING.md

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@@ -62,6 +62,15 @@ only submit changes to the `en.yml` file. The other files are updated via
 [Translatewiki](https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:OpenStreetMap) and should
 not be included in your pull request.
 
+### Nominatim prefixes
+
+I18n keys under the `geocoder.search_osm_nominatim` keyspace are managed by the
+Nominatim maintainers. From time to time they run stats over the Nominatim
+database, and update the list of available keys manually.
+
+Adding or removing keys to this list is therefore discouraged, but contributions
+to the descriptive texts are welcome.
+
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