[OSM-talk] Old villages

[Karl Eichwalder]

> So, to make OSM a reflection of the current state
> as I found it I want to remove these hamlets but mark them as some form of
> historic place so they're not lost (or added again!), but I don't see such
> a tag.  The nearest seems old_name=...  but this seems to be when a place
> is renamed.

In German, places without inhabitants are "wüstungen".  Maybe,
"place=desert' or something similar would be appropriate.