2014-06-10 11:44 GMT+02:00 Jean-Marc Liotier <j...@liotier.org>: > (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Teller_Machine) > > So an ATM that manages Bitcoin transactions is most definitely amenity=atm. >
wikipedia is not the Bible nor the Coran, it is obvious that there are some flaws in this article, the first paragraph states: "An *automated teller machine* or *automatic teller machine*[1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Teller_Machine#cite_note-1>[2] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Teller_Machine#cite_note-2>[3] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Teller_Machine#cite_note-3> (*ATM*, American <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English>, Australian <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English>, Singaporean <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singaporean_English>, Indian <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_English>, and Hiberno-English <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiberno-English>), also known as an *automated banking machine* (*ABM*, Canadian English <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_English>), *cash machine*, *cashpoint*, *cashline*, or colloquially *hole in the wall..."* It mixes different (sub)-typologies into one article, clearly there are at least subtle differences between an ATM as given by the former definition and a "cash machine" (which is clearly about cash). If you look this up in the Oxford dictionary you get this definition: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/automated-teller-machine?q=Automated+teller+machine "A machine that automatically provides cash and performs other banking services on insertion of a special card by the account holder." you can see there is no "or" but an "and" between cash and "other banking services" ;-) I understand that atm can be seen as broadly as incorporating all kind of automated telling even in the absence of actually emitting cash, but I would prefer to use a different tag for this and use atm for machines that actually do give you cash. cheers, Martin
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