Started Talk:Key:direction - OpenStreetMap Wiki at OSM Wiki - please comment there if you have opinion about direction=E vs direction=east (or start discussion elsewhere)
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'EAst': 'E',
'WEST': 'W',
'EAST': 'E',
'East': 'E',
'North': 'N',
'West': 'W',
'South': 'S',
transforms from this bot edit (code updated, wiki page updated)