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    That's probably because the definition should include a broader
    sense of the meaning of fountain, not only the British one.<br>
    As discussed before in this mailing list, this is just too important
    in many countries to be just a "stream of water forced upwards
    through a small hole, for decorative effect".<br>
    If that's the correct definition in Britain, so be it, but please
    leave it open to define the original and most used sense of the word
    in other countries.<br>
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    Regards,<br>
    António Madeira.<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Às 12:15 de 05/07/2022, Jass Kurn
      escreveu:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">As a British English speaker, that is not a
        fountain. A fountain is a "stream of water forced upwards
        through a small hole, for decorative effect"<br>
        There is another commonly seen item that includes the word
        fountain, which is "drinking fountain" but it is a
        fundamentally different object and a type of drinking water
        object.
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        <div>The object in the picture looks like a water trough, with a
          continuous feed of water. Which in OSM is
          tagged amenity=watering_place for animals,
          or amenity=drinking_water for human consumption.<br>
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          <div>Looking at the wiki it appears the definition of fountain
            has become a mess. The wiki by default implies the (British)
            English definition of a decorative vertical stream of water,
            but other uses of the word "fountain" have been added.</div>
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        <div>Jass</div>
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 5 Jul 2022 at 04:48,
          Yves via Tagging <<a
            href="mailto:tagging@openstreetmap.org"
            moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">tagging@openstreetmap.org</a>>
          wrote:<br>
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          <div>The wiki for amenity=fountain describes it as <br>
            "A fountain with cultural, decorational or historical
            significance or which serves a recreational purpose."<br>
            <br>
            I'm surprised about the notability involved in the
            description. <br>
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            What about this kind of fountain :<br>
            <a
href="https://forum.openstreetmap.fr/uploads/default/original/2X/2/2edc0c03a211c72c455b6158f29e80c894143372.jpeg"
              target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
              class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://forum.openstreetmap.fr/uploads/default/original/2X/2/2edc0c03a211c72c455b6158f29e80c894143372.jpeg</a><br>
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          _______________________________________________<br>
          Tagging mailing list<br>
          <a href="mailto:Tagging@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank"
            moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">Tagging@openstreetmap.org</a><br>
          <a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging"
            rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
            class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging</a><br>
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      <pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">_______________________________________________
Tagging mailing list
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Tagging@openstreetmap.org">Tagging@openstreetmap.org</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging</a>
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