I would be willing to argue that there is a place for both keys actually. The man_made one to describe the physical thing. The amenity one to describe that this is a publicly accessible amenity..
The amenity key implies the man_made key, but not the other way around. > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> > Sent: Tuesday, 10 April 2018 18:05 > To: Tag discussion, strategy and related tools > <tagging@openstreetmap.org> > Subject: Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Carpet hanger > > > > sent from a phone > > > On 10. Apr 2018, at 09:49, Tom Pfeifer <t.pfei...@computer.org> > wrote: > > > > avoids the crowded amenity key. > > > > To me, both, man_made and amenity, would be ok, but I don’t > understand the argument of the “crowded” amenity key. Is there a > limit of values for a key? What are the potential problems of a > “crowded” key? > I could understand that amenity is about amenities for everyone, > while a place to beat carpets often might be semi-private (shared > by the people of a condominium, etc), which could be an argument > for man_made. > > > Cheers, > Martin > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging