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Hi All,

I just realized that a very handy tag would be to extend the toilet tag so that one knows what the cleaning options are. Off the top of my head the options can be:
none - for no water
shower - for hand held ones
combined - for integrated japanese style
bucket - self explanatory

But what to use for tags? toilet:wash?

Thoughts?

Best Regards
Mishari

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toilets:wash=* seems appropriate.

IMHO, the “integrated Japanese style” might as well be toilets:wash=washlet tag, per Wikipedia.

Again, Wikipedia suggests bidet (saved everyone a click: taps with a small sink) is slightly different than the usual bidet shower. I guess fancier toilet amenities might offer these kind of bidets (with sinks) rather than the usual bidet showers.

But then again, toilets:wash=shower gets the job done. For those special ones, might be toilets:wash=bidet.

Buckets? I reckon cistern (toilets:wash=cistern) might better fit the description for something like this. In short:

  • toilets:wash=cistern (with a water container)

  • toilets:wash=shower (the usual, ordinary cleaning option)

  • toilets:wash=bidet (for special sinks)

  • toilets:wash=washlet (Japanese-style)

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Clarifying: I use the tag toilets:handwashing=yes/no to indicate a sink with faucet(s) where one can wash hands but I assume you’re talking about the spray hose for, in Wikipedia’s words, “genital and anal cleansing”, right?

I don’t believe those small spray attachments found in most Thai toilets should be tagged the same as an actual bidet. It’s not a big deal to me either way.

You might gain some insights into a tagging scheme on the Tagging mailing list. (You might also end up with many opposing viewpoints and no clear conclusion.)

Cheers,
Dave

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Actually, that’s what we’re discussing.

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As already mebtioned, the base key should be toilets.

I personally never saw a bidet in any toilet accessible to the public.

What I frequently saw is what I guess was called in this thread Japanese style. Foe clarification here is a Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_bidet

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Hi! Is this a consensus as to the use of toilets:wash?

I’ve so far tagged some restrooms with toilets:bidet=yes (or was:toilets:bidet=yes), and so far was thinking on changing them all to this proposed toilets:wash.

So far there’s 3 tags of toilets:bidet and 8 in toilets:wash, the latter of which are all of the value no.

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No there doesn’t seem to be any consensus I’m afraid. What do you think makes the most sense?

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The proposal on this thread, from @AkuAnakTimur, seems just fine for me.

I believe the toilets:bidet key I invented is too narrow for this, and I also just found out here that what I’d been tagging weren’t “bidets”, but instead, “bidet showers”. The more you know :person_shrugging:

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Did you check the wiki page for how existing tags are used?

toilets:wash seems a bit broad compared to the existing toilets:handwashing.

It could also be helpful to post in the global Tagging section for more visibility—someone might have already solved this.