[Tagging] Key:smokefree; does it have a purpose, or is it redundant?

[Mateusz Konieczny]

Note that usage is nearly nothing compared to smoking=no.

Given lack of explanation, low usage I would consider it as
deprecated and not worth using, and worth replacing.


Oct 10, 2021, 21:54 by mail at jeroenhoek.nl:

> Does anyone know what smokefree=yes is supposed to mean in addition to
> the implied meaning of smoking=no?
>
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:smokefree
>
> From the discussion on the abandoned proposal that introduced smoking=*
> as well, it looks like some mappers saw it as having an added value over
> just smoking=no, but those views do not seem to be reflected on the
> wiki-page, and it isn't clear to me what it is supposed to add over
> smoking=no. The 'quality mark' mention (which is where it differs from
> smoking=no) is a bit vague.
>
> I've started a topic on its talk-page. If you have a clear view of what
> this tag means, please consider editing the documentation. With its low
> usage this tag might also be a candidate for deprecation in favour of
> smoking=* though.
>
> As it stands it is a bit confusing. I've added it to hospital grounds
> myself in addition to smoking=no, but I can't remember why I thought
> that might be useful (the documentation isn't helping in that regard).
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Jeroen Hoek
>

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