It could be useful to check (at random) how the tag is currently used - as synonym for graveyard, or for religious or both, at times (-> tag is ambiguos) and put that info in the wiki as well.
If it's both as you suspect, it's a very good reason to point to the other tags instead. Tobias Am 23. Dezember 2019 06:27:55 MEZ schrieb Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenb...@gmail.com>: >The tag landuse=churchyard has been used several thousand times, but >amenity=graveyard is over 10 times more common, and landuse=religious >is 4 times more common. > >I would recommend discouraging use of this tag, because the wiki >definition contradicts the plain-English meaning of churchyard, which >is usually a graveyard (cemetry) or burial ground next to a church. > >The wiki page for landuse=churchyard claims "Used to map the area >surrounding a christian church or chapel, particularly when this does >not contain a graveyard" - this conflicts with the common English >definition of the value. > >Cambridge Dictionary (UK): >"an area of land around a church, where dead bodies are buried " > >Merriam-Webster (US): >"a yard that belongs to a church and is often used as a burial ground." > >To avoid ambiguity, mappers can use the two well-accepted tags >landuse=religious + religion=christian >OR >amenity=graveyard + religion=christian, depending on the situation. > >I would like to update the wiki page for landuse=churchyard to suggest >not using the tag and changing to one of the other two tags + >religion=christian instead. > >- Joseph Eisenberg > >_______________________________________________ >Tagging mailing list >Tagging@openstreetmap.org >https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging