[Tagging] How to tag an utilitarian fountain?

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

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> Il giorno 6 feb 2020, alle ore 17:48, António Madeira <antoniomadeira at gmx.com> ha scritto:
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> A fountain is a fountain, if in England it doesn't implies drinking_water=yes, that's fine. In the majority of European countries, it does imply, so it's just fair and logical that the wiki reflects that.


IMHO amenity=fountain shouldn’t imply non-drinking water (although that’s what locally may apply), it shouldn’t have any implications on drinkability (that’s what was in the wiki, and it is now affirmed in a more neutral way).

If in your area a fountain is expected to provide drinkable water, the current tagging is not a problem, you could simply assume the water of every amenity=fountain with no drinking_water=no as likely drinkable (in your area).

On a global level, it isn’t safe to assume that the water of an ornamental fountain is drinkable, and the wiki should account for this.

Generally, to be safer it’s mostly better to use additional descriptive tags rather than assuming that a single tag will convey a lot of specific implications that “everybody” knows about.

Cheers Martin