On Sat, 2020-06-20 at 19:25 +0100, Paul Allen wrote: > On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 at 19:08, Martin Koppenhoefer < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On 20. Jun 2020, at 14:44, Paul Allen <[email protected]> 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. > I can remember milk churns on these stands waiting for collection being a common sight when I was growing up. These days milk churns are a common period prop on preserved railway stations.For example here at Arley https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4458834 When children see these and ask what they are they will be told that they are milk churns rather milk cans. Phil (trigpoint)
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