On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 at 19:08, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 20. Jun 2020, at 14:44, Paul Allen <pla16...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > They should probably have disused=yes or a disused lifecycle > > prefix (cue endless arguments about which) except in parts of the world > > where they actually are still in use (if they are). > > I think if any I would use disused=yes as they still remain „operational“ > I guess, although not actually used. > True of brick/concrete/stone. For wooden ones that are decaying, abandoned=yes may be more appropriate. I've not had chance to take a look myself yet (and won't be able to look until there's a vaccine) but sources I cannot use for mapping indicate that the one nearest to me, embedded in a bank, has had the bank reshaped to cover the top of it (only the side is visible). Using abandoned=yes in such cases would seem appropriate. The disused:key=value style seems more appropriate for functions (amenity > etc.) than for physical descriptions (man_made). > That is how I interpret it, but others on this list have a different opinion. However, I'd go with was:man_made=milk_churn_stand if it had been repurposed in some way that it merited a different main tag. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, according to Ralph Waldo Emerson. That leaves the question of the name. For older British English speakers the containers are called milk churns, even though they are not for churning milk. This may cause confusion to younger speakers of British English and those for whom English is a second language. According to the Wikipedia article these are sometimes referred to as milk cans so maybe milk_can_stand would be better than milk_churn_stand. -- Paul
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