[Tagging] [OSM-talk] make water sources more usable by marking disused ones with lifecycle prefix, rather than extra tags like operational_status = out_of_order

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

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> On 13 Apr 2025, at 19:10, Niels Elgaard Larsen <elgaard at agol.dk> wrote:
> 
> Then IMHO we have to fall back on common sense. Does this non-working water point look like something that worked until recently and could be made to work again?


here’s an example: 

https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/270302557#map=19/41.845631/12.491287

and nearby this one:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/270304103#map=19/41.845092/12.491354

it’s clear from the looks that it is abandoned.

If the thing is simply not working but looks ok, I would tag it disused
https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1515874712#map=19/41.893205/12.471036
or even new:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/12534002640#map=19/41.852861/12.506188
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