[Tagging] creameries

[Dave F]

On 17/09/2021 20:44, Yves via Tagging wrote:
> Building=church is not used because it's a place of worship, but 
> because the building have a church architecture.

If I was to build a residential property in a style that I, or more 
importantly, you perceive as a church; & to then say it should be tagged 
as a church, even though it's *never* been one, is ridiculous.

The building:use tag inappropriately expects contributors to make 
guesses bases purely on a building's visual appearance.

What does a 'architecturally like a church' church look like? it's so 
varied.

This is a church:
https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/mud-hut-used-as-church-zambian-bush-170127141.jpg

In OSM we map what's current. When a building stops being used as a 
church/school/whatever, the building tag get s amended appropriated;. If 
someone wishes to record what it was, the historic tag, or similar can 
be used.

DaveF