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@danish @openstreetmap in general edit the existing one, all elements in OSM are versioned and it is considered best practice to maintain the history of objects.
@simon @danish @openstreetmap
But only when it is the same object. If it was a POI marked on the map as a node, then it is better to delete the old node and create a new one.
Otherwise we will get something like this: https://osm.org/node/2/history
@foxy @danish @openstreetmap you need to differentiate between reusing existing nodes for other purposes (as in your example), which irl works against preserving history, and using an existing element for a new or different facility in the same place (there is some grey area there obviously).