Talk:Tag:water=pond
not verifyable
How do you verify "smaller than a lake"? man-made? See further arguments here http://blog.imagico.de/verifiability-and-the-wikipediarization-of-openstreetmap/ --PangoSE (talk) 08:25, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
- Even more of an issue with this is, is that water=lake specifically says "Artificially created lakes should instead be tagged as water=pond". Therefore it doesn't matter what size the feature is. This page and the lake page cannot both be correct. Casey boy (talk) 15:24, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
- You're right, I did, but I did so because water=reservoir seems like a very specific tag (to me at least) which wouldn't normally be confused for a pond (i.e. "usually formed by a dam..."). But I appreciate that was just my initial interpretation and confusion may arise for some. Casey boy (talk) 09:31, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
Nodes
For very small ponds (called "mares" in French,, cf. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3177968 and https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare), it would be interesting to accept nodes. What do you think about it? --Sylvain M 53 (talk) 11:04, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
- I can't see why nodes can't be used. I think it's preferable to draw an area, if possible, since even small ponds have an area - but nodes are fine in the first instance. Casey boy (talk) 13:11, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
- Ok, but the wiki page says that the nodes are not usable: you would have to modify the page (which I don't dare to do, for lack of experience). Are you able to make the modification?--Sylvain M 53 (talk) 09:03, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
- I just made the change: it's not so hard after all! --Sylvain M 53 (talk) 12:18, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
- Ok, but the wiki page says that the nodes are not usable: you would have to modify the page (which I don't dare to do, for lack of experience). Are you able to make the modification?--Sylvain M 53 (talk) 09:03, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
Clarity on definition of pond
As part of the water=reservoir proposal, a consensus seems to have formed on some definitions of what defines a pond (and a lake). This should probably be reflected in this documentation too. I'll take a look at doing so. Casey boy (talk) 13:08, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
Basin vs. dry pond
Maybe mention the difference bewteen a dry pond and a basin. Jidanni (talk) 19:38, 18 July 2023 (UTC)