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It's not arbitrary and you're missing the point by circling around a
non issue.<br>
I'm not saying to change the meaning of fountain, which can have
some subtle differences between countries, I'm saying to let it open
to retain its British meaning and add the possibility to have
different uses depending on the country. A person outside Europe
will still find what she/he wants by searching the tag fountain,
either with OR without drinking_water.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Às 14:24 de 06/02/2020, Paul Allen
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<div dir="ltr">On Thu, 6 Feb 2020 at 16:48, António Madeira <<a
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<div> Paul, I'm not calling it anything. We all know that
OSM uses British English for tagging. What I'm saying is
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<div> certain reality.<br>
A fountain is a fountain, if in England it doesn't implies
drinking_water=yes, that's fine. In the majority of
European countries, it does imply, so it's just fair and
logical that the wiki reflects that.<br>
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<div>You've just admitted OSM uses British English yet you
still want to expand the</div>
<div>meaning of fountain to have a meaning that is not British
English. Yes, many</div>
<div>European countries ascribe a different meaning to
"fountain." But many outside</div>
<div>Europe don't have the word "fountain" in their language.
So, knowing that</div>
<div>OSM uses British English, they find out what "fountain"
means in British English</div>
<div>(or already know). And would then be puzzled if OSM were
using it differently,</div>
<div>because OSM is supposed to use British English, not
British English plus</div>
<div>arbitrary additional meanings from elsewhere.<br>
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