[Tagging] Ablution area

[John Packer]

amenity=religious_ablution or similar would be better indeed.


2014-08-31 10:19 GMT-03:00 Dave Swarthout <daveswarthout at gmail.com>:

> I don't know about that. I only wanted to point out that there are other
> usages of that word. The religious context is only one of several so there
> might be some disagreement on dedicating any future tags to that use.
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> On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 2:23 PM, Stephan Knauss <osm at stephans-server.de>
> wrote:
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>> On 31.08.2014 01:24, André Pirard wrote:
>>
>>> On 2014-08-30 10:55, Dave Swarthout wrote :
>>>
>>>> FWIW, I traveled extensively in New Zealand a few years ago and there
>>>> an "ablution block" (or ablution area) is a place in a campground
>>>> where one washes things — dishes, clothing, etc. That definition of
>>>> ablution is also a sort of "purification", I reckon.
>>>>
>>> In French, "ablution" means hygienic body washing. Misleading.
>>> Purification is a secondary meaning.
>>>
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>> I think the intended use is for use in a religious context.
>>
>> The tag should be in a way that it's not used for dish-washing and ritual
>> purification the same time.
>>
>> Do you think the word is too generic? or the amenity key not suitable for
>> it?
>>
>> Stephan
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