[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 12 Apr 2025, at 19:08, Mateusz Konieczny via talk <talk at openstreetmap.org> wrote:
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> in such case 
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> disused:man_made = water_well 
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> seems clearly preferable over 
> 
> disused=yes man_made=water_well


IMHO not, this is different than amenity=drinking_water. A well is a well, also when it is covered/locked or if there is no bucket on a rope or it is otherwise not used. A well is a hole in the ground down to the aquifer.

amenity=drinking_water is about the availability of water, a well is a structure. A fountain is also mostly a structure. The fontana di Trevi was without water for restoration work, but it was still a fountain (and landmark) in this time.