[Tagging] Deprecation proposal: man_made=drinking_fountain

[Warin]

On 4/10/22 23:48, Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging wrote:
> I am not entirely how to solve various issues surrounding drinking 
> water terminology
> (help highly welcomed!) but it is now really clear to me that
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Ddrinking_fountain

Wiki page established November 2017. 656 uses.

> is not helpful at all and it should be marked as deprecated
>
> - many drinking fountains are eligible for man_made=water_tap
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dwater_tap

Wiki page established November 2017. 23,678 uses.


Taps are not 'drinking fountains' -see below.


> - it duplicates https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:fountain%3Dbubbler

Wiki page established September 2019‎ . 319 uses.

> - as stated this tag is equivalent to
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:fountain%3Dbubbler
>   but there are also water fountain which are not emitting
>   upward jet of water in the air
>
> So we have tag which for many (all?) features collides with better
> established tag AND it is duplicated AND it is poorly named AND it is 
> rarely used
> AND it introduces confusion.


?? "rarely used" but has twice the uses of the proposed replacement that 
came latter?


A 'tap' is not a 'drinking fountain'.

The 'drinking fountain' is designed to be used by humans for directly 
and conveniently drinking from. Always a upward arc of water at a low 
flow rate.

Taps on the other hand are more convenient for filling a glass or 
bottle, some times for connecting a hose - usually with a downward outlet.


Look at the symbols for each...

drinking fountain 
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Drinking_Fountain_-_The_Noun_Project.svg/278px-Drinking_Fountain_-_The_Noun_Project.svg.png

tap 
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Ua_6.12_service-potable_water.svg/238px-Ua_6.12_service-potable_water.svg.png


They are different .. physically and functionally.