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    <p><font face="Verdana">True, except I don't see the need to
        introduce a new term used as a key to express it's relation to
        one specific religion.  If it is called a holy well in Ireland
        it's fine, you give that in one of the name keys.  I don't see
        how that can disturb any ones believes, not for the locals in
        Ireland or the tourist that visit them. But if we want to keep
        our keys non-discriminating it remains a well, describing
        perfectly what the well might look like.<br>
        I guess if they, or some of them, are also important in tourism,
        not all tourist are Christians and even might feel offended by
        the word "holy". If someone is an atheist, is thirsty and uses a
        map based on OSM data to search for a public place to drink
        water from a well, he will hardly find any implementations where
        he specifically needs to search for a "holy well" or for my part
        a "holy tap" or a "holy spring".</font></p>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 18/02/2021 23:47, Anne-Karoline
      Distel wrote:<br>
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      <p>For Ireland, it is easy enough:<br>
        Do people call it a holy well? - It is a holy well. <br>
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      <p>Is a saint associated with the well? - It is a holy well.</p>
      <p>Do people cross themselves when passing it? - It's a place of
        worship.</p>
      <p>Do people hold patterns every year? - It is a place of worship.</p>
      <p>Do people leave votive offerings? - It is a place of worship.</p>
      <p>Do people go there to pray? - It is a place of worship.<br>
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      <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 18/02/2021 um 20:32 schrieb
        Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging:<br>
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        <div>Many places with "miraculous water" / "blessed water" do
          not qualify for<br>
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        <div>amenity=place_of_worship, and such tagging would be
          incorrect<span style="" class=""><span class="font"
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        <div>Feb 18, 2021, 21:25 by <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
            href="mailto:bert.araali.afritastic@gmail.com"
            moz-do-not-send="true">bert.araali.afritastic@gmail.com</a>:<br>
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          <p><span class="font" style="font-family:Verdana">Dear Anne,</span><br>
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          <p><span class="font" style="font-family:Verdana">You should
              abstain from using specific religious terms like "holy"
              and "paganism".<br>
              To my honest opinion the existing tagging schemes and
              attribution for amenity=place_of_worship combined with
              tourist=attraction offer enough flexibility and most of
              all neutrality in the religious context to suite your
              needs.<br>
              Of course there are numerous wells across the world with
              either a religious significance (sometimes the same well
              is significant in different religions or to different
              denominations). Some have significance for tourism
              purposes, others might be preferred by the worshippers, to
              be accessible only in a more private context.<br>
              Please read through the related wiki pages, to my opinion
              very detailed and of high quality to address your local
              specific needs and offering enough variation for any
              religious or tourist related significance. You can extend
              them to suite your specific needs, I personally see no
              need for a new key or value for this purpose or revert to
              a proposal if you feel you need broader confirmation from
              the community. Do respect neutrality in the additions or
              modifications.</span></p>
          <p><span class="font" style="font-family:Verdana">Greetings,
              Bert Araali</span><br>
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          <p><span class="font" style="font-family:Verdana"></span><br>
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          <div class="">On 18/02/2021 21:31, Anne-Karoline Distel wrote:<br>
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            <p>I understand it's a bit of a tricky one. Wishing wells/
              fountains mostly used by tourists should not count,
              because there is not an established religion behind that
              thinking of leaving a coin for good luck. They are all
              votive offerings though, no matter if they are rags or
              coins or whatever else people leave there (probably masks
              now, I haven't been to a site since lockdown).<br>
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            <p>Good rule of thumb: If it has a saint's name attached,
              it's a holy well. Or rather "holy well".<br>
            </p>
            <p>Anne<br>
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            <div class="">Am 18/02/2021 um 16:04 schrieb Volker Schmidt:<br>
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                <div>Interesting idea.<br>
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                <div>But difficult to define.<br>
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                <div>There is a wide spectrum from really sacred places,
                  like chapels with a spring inside to the wells or
                  fountains where people go with plastic bottles <br>
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                <div>to collect "good" or "healthy" water.and the wells
                  that tourists fill with coins (no drinking water
                  there).<br>
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                <div>I would rather see this somehow under the tourism
                  tent - pilgrimage is the original form of tourism.<br>
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                <div>Volker<br>
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                <div class="" dir="ltr">On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 at 14:42,
                  Anne-Karoline Distel <<a
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                  <div>It's me again, full of ideas.<br>
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                  <div> I propose a tag for holy wells, one of the
                    reasons being that my local<br>
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                  <div> council wants them mapped and I've been trying
                    to convince them to use<br>
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                  <div> OSM for a while. Also, because it would entice
                    rural mappers to get<br>
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                  <div> started and because they play a role in tourism
                    (if you count pilgrimage<br>
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                  <div> as tourism).<br>
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                  <div> <br>
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                  <div> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
                      href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/holy_well"
                      moz-do-not-send="true">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/holy_well</a><br>
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                  <div> <br>
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                  <div> I'm especially interested in other religions'
                    perspective, but I don't<br>
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                  <div> know if this phenomenon exists outside
                    Christianity and Paganism.<br>
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                  <div> <br>
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                  <div> Cheers,<br>
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                  <div> <br>
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                  <div> Anne<br>
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                  <div> _______________________________________________<br>
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