[Tagging] Deprecation proposal: man_made=drinking_fountain

[Warin]

On 5/10/22 22:44, Illia Marchenko wrote:
> Alternative to the sport=soccer is sport=british_football because 
> "football" is context specific, and "American football", "Australian 
> football", "Canadian football", "Gaelic football" exists.


In parts of Britain 'football' is rugby ...

For some people in Australia 'football' is soccer, others rugby, others 
AFL (OSM 'australian_football').


>
> ср, 5 окт. 2022 г., 13:52 martianfreeloader 
> <martianfreeloader at posteo.net>:
>
>     There is a broad consensus that the language for OSM tags is British
>     English. Using a non-BE word for a tag because it is used in
>     Australia
>     while a synonymous BE word exists, would be the same using a Xhosa,
>     Portuguese or Korean word, just because it exists.
>
>     I know there are a few exceptions like sport=soccer, footway=sidewalk
>     and sidewalk=*, but I think this kind of exceptions shouldn't be made
>     without a very good reason.
>
>
>
>     On 05/10/2022 12:04, Warin wrote:
>     >
>     > On 5/10/22 08:25, Minh Nguyen wrote:
>     >> Vào lúc 11:54 2022-10-04, Jass Kurn đã viết:
>     >>> I've just noticed there is a bubbler tag being promoted? Which
>     >>> appears to be an American English term for a British English
>     drinking
>     >>> fountain. Why promote another term, and use an American
>     English term.
>     >>> What was wrong with calling a drinking fountain a drinking
>     fountain?
>     >>
>     >> To clarify, "bubbler" is a distinctively regional term in Boston,
>     >> Rhode Island, and Wisconsin. Elsewhere, it's either "drinking
>     >> fountain" or "water fountain". [1]
>     >
>     >
>     > No. 'Bubbler' is also used in Australia. And possibly elsewhere
>     is the
>     > world.
>     >
>     > -------------------------
>     >
>     > In England it looks like a "Drinker Water Fountain" spurts water
>     > upwards. There are some with elevated outlets described as water
>     bottle
>     > filler, but are at a height that is convenient to drink from
>     with flow
>     > rates to suit direct human consumption.
>     >
>     >
>     > Things that direct water downwards? And have flow rates greater
>     than
>     > convenient for human consumption? To me, these are 'taps'.
>     >
>     >
>     > The problem?
>     >
>     >
>     > 1) identify feature that provided drinkable water - fairly
>     basic. At the
>     > moment the common amenity=drinking_water does this .. or the
>     secondary
>     > tag of drinking_water=yes.
>

This fails to consider the supply of water that is not drinkable ... 
thus complicating the tagging.

So I have revised this in another message.


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