<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">I'm pretty happy with man_made=tailing_pond though I would also go with water=tailings, like water=wastewater for open sewage treatment facilities. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>I also would note that not all of these are "ponds" or "basins" in format. Some are clearly valleys which are impounded with a dam., with the same form and shape as a water reservoir, though with a different usage, e.g. on the proposal page: <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Sunokobashi_Tailings_Dam_survey_1976.jpg">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Sunokobashi_Tailings_Dam_survey_1976.jpg</a> - this clearly has a large dam at the south end.</div><div><br></div><div>In contrast <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Wheal_Jane_settling_pits.jpg">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Wheal_Jane_settling_pits.jpg</a> and <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:B%C3%BCtzflethermoor_Rotschlammdeponie_Luftaufnahmen_2012-05-by-RaBoe-478-1.jpg">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Bützflethermoor_Rotschlammdeponie_Luftaufnahmen_2012-05-by-RaBoe-478-1.jpg</a> are formed by building up dykes/levees around rectangular ponds. </div><div><br></div><div>Does this matter? Currently that's the distinction between landuse=reseroir and landuse=basin - whether it's a valley with a dam or an artificial basin created by re-grading the land. I suppose if we are not using natural=water it doesn't matter as much. </div><div><br></div><div>-- Joseph Eisenberg</div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 6:53 AM Brian M. Sperlongano <<a href="mailto:zelonewolf@gmail.com">zelonewolf@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Based on what I've heard in this discussion and on the talk page so far, I've changed the proposed tag to:<div><br></div><div>man_made=tailings_pond</div><div><br></div><div>Note the "s" in tailings as this appears to be the most correct usage i.e. "a pond with tailings in it".</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 3:42 AM Martin Koppenhoefer <<a href="mailto:dieterdreist@gmail.com" target="_blank">dieterdreist@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
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> On 10 Jan 2021, at 04:00, Brian M. Sperlongano <<a href="mailto:zelonewolf@gmail.com" target="_blank">zelonewolf@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> man_made=tailing_pond<br>
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+1<br>
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Cheers Martin <br>
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