[Tagging] Deprecation proposal: man_made=drinking_fountain

[Mateusz Konieczny]

For now I

1) notified people who used added this tag more than once 
(currently mapped man_made=drinking_fountain are counted)

See notification list at 
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Tag:man_made%3Ddrinking_fountain#Deprecation

2) added section "Problems" at
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Ddrinking_fountain#Problems

If noone will protest I will also mark it as deprecated and add request to
consider using other less problematic tags.

If someone will protest I will likely make a deprecation proposal
(or leave it in limbo state if I will have no time for that).


Oct 4, 2022, 14:48 by tagging at openstreetmap.org:

> 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
> is not helpful at all and it should be marked as deprecated
>
> - many drinking fountains are eligible for man_made=water_tap
> - it duplicates > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:fountain%3Dbubbler
> - 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.
>
> Can we mark it as deprecated and recommend not using it?
> With replacement of man_made=water_tap where applicable - which is 
> likely for all cases or almost all cases.
>

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