[Tagging] Ablution area

Mishari Muqbil mishari at mishari.net
Sun Aug 31 14:28:42 UTC 2014


How about if it was amenity=ablution and religion=* or even religion=yes?

On 8/31/14 21:09, John Packer wrote:
> amenity=religious_ablution or similar would be better indeed.
> 
> 
> 2014-08-31 10:19 GMT-03:00 Dave Swarthout <daveswarthout at gmail.com
> <mailto: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. 
> 
> 
>     On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 2:23 PM, Stephan Knauss
>     <osm at stephans-server.de <mailto:osm at stephans-server.de>> wrote:
> 
>         On 31.08.2014 01 <tel:31.08.2014%2001>: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.
> 
> 
>         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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