There were 5 positive comments in favor, and none in opposition, so I've added amenity=childcare to map features as discussed. See https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Template:Map_Features:amenity
I've added to the description: "Describes a place where children are looked after **which is not an amenity=kindergarten**" and added the text to the page: This tag is used for places where children are looked after, **including a nursery or daycare which takes care of small children who are too young for amenity=kindergarten or preschool, and after-school childcare facilities.** Hopefully that helps clarify why this tag is used instead of amenity=kindergarten in countries where a "kindergarten" or preschool does not accept school-aged or nursery-age children. - Joseph On 8/25/19, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenb...@gmail.com> wrote: > The tag amenity=childcare is fairly popular (used 17,000 times), and > it's supported by the iD editor and the Openstreetmap-carto rendering. > > Should this tag be added to the wiki page Map Features? > > The original proposal wasn't supported because some people thought > that amenity=kindergarten should be used for all types of childcare, > not only preschools/kindergartens. This seems to be the common > situatoin in Germany, but may not match they types of daycare / > childcare / preschool facilities available in other countries. For > example, in the USA most preschools do not take older children after > school; such after-school care is usually provided by separate > programs. > > Wiki page: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dchildcare > Proposal: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/childcare > Compare to Kindergarten: > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dkindergarten > _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging